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“Sara has never let her heart condition define her”
Ann Kirby shares her daughter Sara's story of being born with Down's syndrome and congenital heart disease.
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Could drugs like Viagra help to treat people with heart failure?University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Supervised by Professor Andrew Trafford, this Clinical Research Training Fellowship is investigating new ways to treat heart failure. Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle has become damaged, often after a heart attack or long term ...
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Developing cell therapy to prevent heart transplant rejectionKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
When someone’s heart is failing, a transplant is sometimes the only treatment option. However, the new heart can be rejected by the body’s immune response, even when medicines are taken to try and prevent this. Professor Shah and his team...
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Genes explain mystery heart failure in pregnant women
A new genetic discovery could explain the cause of a mysterious and potentially-deadly heart condition which affects women during or just after pregnancy.
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State-of-the-art scans to detect and monitor heart diseaseUniversity of Manchester | Professor Bernard Keavney
New state-of-the-art scans are now able to provide intricate detail about heart structure and function and, increasingly, are being used to pick up early signs of heart disease, or to monitor disease progression. One of the most promisi...
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Air pollution
Air pollution is the number one environmental risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. It’s attributable for up to 11,000 heart and circulatory deaths in the UK each year. That’s why we’re calling for stricter limits on air pollution in law across the UK.
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Developing better ways to detect heart failureQueen's University Belfast | Dr Chris Watson
Heart failure is a serious condition where the heart is unable to pump blood efficiently around the body. We urgently need to better understand the mechanisms of heart failure and to develop better screening tools to detect and manage this ...
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Seven highlights from the UK's biggest heart conference
Over three days in Manchester, scientists unveiled the very latest in heart and circulatory disease research at this year’s British Cardiovascular Society conference. Some of the brightest minds from the UK and around the world came together to share their latest work. Here are seven things we learned.
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CPR training for all post-primary school pupils in Northern Ireland
Our Head in Northern Ireland, Fearghal McKinney, has welcomed today’s announcement from Education Minister Michelle McIlveen MLA that all post primary school pupils will be guaranteed access to CPR training.
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Linking childhood diet to adult heart healthUniversity of Bristol | Dr Genevieve Buckland
Heart and circulatory diseases normally occur in adults, but the underlying processes can begin early in life. It is thought that poor diets during childhood affect ‘cardiometabolic risk factors’ and lead to a state of continuous inflammati...