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Panic attacks can feel a lot like heart attacks, and can feel very frightening. Katherine Woods gets advice from an expert on how to deal with panic attacks after a health problem.

Long-term sleep deprivation can damage your health. Get our expert's tips on how to get a better night's sleep.

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University of Oxford | Professor Rebecca Sitsapesan

Statins are effective cholesterol-lowering drugs that reduce people’s risk of heart attacks and strokes. However, some people taking statins can experience side effects in their muscles. In very rare cases, it can lead to a potentially fata...

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University of Oxford | Professor Masliza Mahmod

Aortic stenosis (AS) is the narrowing of the valve opening of the major artery in the heart. This limits blood flow through the valve, meaning the heart has to pump harder. Research has shown that people with AS tend to have fatty deposits ...

The BHF is now delivering cardiac rehab at home to help people who cannot attend their usual classes right now.

A heart transplant is when a damaged or failing heart is replaced by a healthy human heart from a donor. If you have heart failure and medical treatments aren't working, a transplant might be recommended to you.

After Javed Hussain, from London, had his first heart attack in 2016, he thought his life was over. However, his second heart attack gave him a new lease on life.

The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years, according to a new analysis by the British Heart Foundation.

This page describes what an echocardiogram (or echo) is, what happens during an echo and the different types of echo test that you might have.

How do you make achievable goals to help improve your health? Lucy Trevallion ask two experts for their 10 top tips on setting and reaching realistic goals.