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Which immune cells could improve outcomes for people after a heart attack?St George's, University of London | Dr Ingrid Dumitriu
Most deaths from coronary heart disease are caused by a heart attack. Understanding how the immune system plays a role in determining the outcome for people following a heart attack could reveal new ways to improve outcomes in the future. O...
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British Regional Heart Study (BRHS): studying the causes and ways to prevent heart and circulatory disease in older menUniversity College London | Professor Sasiwarang Goya Wannamethee
People over 70 are at particular risk of death from coronary heart disease (CHD), yet most research tends to focus on patients and risk factors in middle age. The British Regional Heart Study is one of the few studies that has been collecti...
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Is a new medicine more effective at reducing heart damage after a heart attack?University of Glasgow | Professor John McMurray
Heart attacks can cause permanent damage to the heart muscle. If severe, over time the heart will be weakened and unable to efficiently pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure, which is debilitating and has poor life expect...
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How does the balance of sleep, sedentary lifestyle and physical activity affect children’s heart health?University of York | Dr Paul Collings
Sleep, time spent sitting and physical activity are all known to be important for the immediate and long-term health of young people. But these factors tend to be investigated individually or in comparison to only one other health factor, f...
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How the brain and cardiovascular system communicate: implications for diseaseUniversity College London | Professor Andrew G Ramage
Information about your blood pressure and heart rate is continuously sent to a specialised area of your brain via nerves. Processing of the information arriving in the brain concerning blood pressure and heart rate involves the release of c...
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Obesity and heart failure: explaining the obesity paradoxUniversity of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
Although obesity increases the chance of developing heart failure, when patients have heart failure they may live longer if they are obese. This unexpected finding is termed the 'obesity paradox' and the reasons behind it are currently unkn...
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Southall And Brent Revisited (SABRE) tri-ethnic study: how diabetes increases the risk of heart failure, dementia, heart attack and strokeUniversity College London | Professor Nish Chaturvedi
Patients with diabetes have a higher chance of later having heart failure, dementia, heart attacks, or strokes compared with people who don’t have diabetes. The exact reasons for this are unknown. With an ageing population, diabetes is beco...
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