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The athlete’s paradox, insulin resistance and diabetesUniversity of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson
Dr Dana Dawson and her team at the University of Aberdeen are investigating the ‘athlete’s paradox’: why both obese people with diabetes and trained athletes have higher levels of lipids (fat) in their muscles, but with differing impacts on...
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Why do people with heart disease develop muscle weakness?Imperial College London | Dr Paul Kemp
People with severe heart failure can develop muscle wasting and weakness, which makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks or exercise. Muscle wasting also occurs in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a condition where high bloo...
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Aortic valve stenosis
Congenital aortic valve stenosis is a condition where someone is born with an aortic valve that cannot open fully. Sometimes it's called valvular aortic stenosis or aortic stenosis.
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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT)
CPVT is a rare inherited heart rhythm disturbance found in young people and children.
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How can we encourage men to use physical activity interventions?University of Bristol | Professor Russell Jago
We know that physical exercise helps to reduce the risk of heart and circulatory disease in both adults and children, by helping to control risk factors for the disease – weight, blood pressure and cholesterol. However, despite these health...
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Heart failure – HOPE-HF
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy pacemakers can be used to help improve heart failure symptoms. The HOPE-HF trial tested a new way of carrying out this pacing, called His bundle pacing
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Heart attack blood test sensitive enough to be used in portable device
The blood vessels of middle-aged men and women adapt differently to regular exercise according to new research being presented today at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
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Heart valve disease
Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves do not work like they should. This can affect your blood flow and put extra strain on your heart.
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Is too much sitting bad for your health?Loughborough University | Professor Mark Hamer
Many of us spend a lot of time sitting down, either sitting at a desk, driving or watching TV. But it is important to get active - physical activity reduces the risk of many diseases including heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Despite the...
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Investigating the heart cell's response to stretch in hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Katja Gehmlich
The heart responds to repeated exercise and other stresses by becoming bigger in a process known as cardiac hypertrophy. In the inherited disease hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), hypertrophy is abnormal and takes place in the absence of e...