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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...

BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse Regina Giblin explains ‘intermittent claudication’, the medical term for pain in the legs when walking. It is a sign of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), also known as peripheral vascular disease (PVD).

Our Senior Dietitian explains the maths behind a balanced diet. Learn how many calories you should eat a day, and how many calories you need to eat to lose weight.

Find out our top tips for staying well and warm this winter, and how to look after your heart as the weather cools down.

If you have heart failure, there's a lot you can do to help manage your condition and help stop it from getting worse. Professor Darrel Francis, Professor of Cardiology at Imperial College London, explains.

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University of Nottingham | Professor Maarten Taal

In advanced heart failure and moderate chronic kidney disease, symptoms caused by fluid retention are the most common reason for hospital admissions. Symptoms caused by fluid retention are the most common reason for hospital admissions, and...

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.

Learn what aqua aerobics involves and how it can benefit you

Olympic legend and our ambassador Roger Black is urging people across the UK to walk more this Heart Month, as new research shows walking is the nation’s top health goal for 2026.

Find out what to do if you are experiencing shortness of breath following a heart attack.