Search

I’m an Olympic silver medallist, yet I’ve lived my whole life with chronic heart disease

Olympic silver medallist, Roger Black, shares his journey from being diagnosed with heart disease to earning one of world’s greatest sporting accolades

RESEARCH

The effect of mental or emotional stress on cardiovascular health

King's College London | Professor Simon Redwood

We know that angina – a dull, heavy or tight chest pain caused by restricted blood flow to the heart – could be a sign that someone is at risk of a future heart attack. Previous studies have shown that angina can be triggered by physical ac...

Managing your weight

Having a healthy weight can reduce your risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases like heart attacks, strokes and vascular dementia. Find out how to measure your weight, what weight you should be and how to reduce your health risks.

SHOPS & SERVICES

Durham Coronary Support Group

Saint Aidan Church hall, 39 Front Street, Framwellgate Moor, Durham, DH1 5FB

RESEARCH

A new way of assessing heart health in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

University College London | Dr Vivek Muthurangu

Pulmonary hypertension is a life-threatening condition in which high blood pressure develops in the blood vessels in the lungs. It is not common, but is extremely serious for those who have it - mostly women – because it can cause the heart...

SHOPS & SERVICES

Heartbeat 95

The Willows Centre Troedyrhiw, Bridge Street, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 4DX

07415 605039

RESEARCH

Can oral iron supplements or pentoxifylline improve outcomes in heart failure?

King's College London | Dr Darlington Okonko

People with heart failure frequently have low iron levels, which can worsen their symptoms, make exercising difficult and even decrease their life expectancy. This iron deficiency could result because people with heart failure cannot absorb...

SHOPS & SERVICES

Happy Hearts (Wales)

The Beaufort Centre, Beaufort Road, St Julians, Newport, NP19 7UB

07842566695

RESEARCH

Why do some patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction?

University of East Anglia | Professor Michael Frenneaux

People with heart failure experience symptoms such as breathlessness, fatigue and swelling that develop when the heart struggles to pump blood efficiently around the body. But some people with symptoms of heart failure appear to have hearts...