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Read about unconscious bias women face at every stage of their heart disease journey and our appeal to the Welsh government

Our Every Minute Matters campaign celebrate first major milestone this World Heart Day weekend as 90,000 people, enough to fill Wembley stadium, have begun learning CPR since May.

BHF-funded researchers have identified new genetic clues in people who’ve had small and ‘silent’ strokes that are difficult to treat and a major cause of vascular dementia.

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University of Oxford | Dr Pawel Swietach

Heart failure reduces the pumping function of the heart, which can make even basic exercise almost impossible, disturb heart rhythm and shorten life expectancy. Researchers are trying to understand what controls the normal synchronised cont...

Being overweight or obese creates damaging changes to the structure of the heart, according to new research.

Stroke research has been boosted by a half a million-pound investment in data-driven approaches to tackle the condition, which strikes one person every five minutes in the UK.

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University of Manchester | Dr Delvac Oceandy

Heart failure is a life-threatening condition that develops when the heart becomes damaged because of a heart attack, high blood pressure or an inherited heart condition. In most cases, the heart fails because heart muscle cells overgrow - ...

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University of Bristol | Dr Christopher Dempsey

For the heart to pump blood around the body efficiently, electrical signals must travel through the chambers of the heart in an organised and rhythmic way. These signals are co-ordinated by proteins in heart cells called ion channels. A div...

A new genetic discovery could explain the cause of a mysterious and potentially-deadly heart condition which affects women during or just after pregnancy.

Researching 3D printed hearts could help families with heart problems, may make heart surgeries easier, and save the NHS money.