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Find out how BHF-funded researchers are using heart CT scans to help prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease.

Can eating avocados, bananas and salmon lower your blood pressure and reduce your risk of heart attacks and strokes? And does this really only apply to women? We look behind the headlines and give our verdict.

We investigate claims that seed oils like sunflower, rapeseed and soyabean high in omega-6 fatty acids increase inflammation and the risk of cardiovascular disease. Discover BHF’s verdict.

This year's British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference was held in person for the first time in two years since coronavirus struck the UK, and it was once again teeming with the latest breakthroughs in heart and circulatory research. Here's what we learnt.

Research highlights from this year's British Cardiovascular Society conference

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University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell

Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...

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King's College London | Dr Joseph Burgoyne

Dr Joseph Burgoyne, based at King’s College London, has been awarded an Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellowship grant totalling nearly £320,000 over 4 years. His aim is to understand the actions of a naturally occurring molecule cal...

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University College London | Professor Juan Casas

Heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and women older than 65 years are at particular risk. The reasons for this remain unknown, which is a particular concern, given the ageing population. Dr Juan Casas and colleagues from the Lon...

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University of Cambridge | Professor Kenneth Smith

Antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a devastating autoimmune disease, where a person’s own immune cells attack the body and cause damage. The resulting blood vessel inflammation can lead to a blood clot in the lungs, kidney failure, or ...