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We report on a study that links ibuprofen with heart failure. Should you be worried, or is the research limited?

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University College London | Professor Peter Scambler

The BHF is helping researchers at University College London provide world-leading facilities for heart research by contributing £80,000 towards a new state-of-the-art microscope. Researchers use high quality microscopes to visualise cell...

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University of Cambridge | Dr Andreia Sofia Bernardo

The human heart develops very early in the embryo. So it is unsurprising that heart malformations are amongst the leading causes of birth defect-related deaths. Currently, we do not fully understand how, during development, human stem cells...

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Keele University | Professor Glenn Morris

Professor Glenn Morris and his colleagues at Keele University are working out which proteins help heart cells to remain healthy, keep beating constantly for many years, and what goes wrong in heart disease. Sometimes people are born with ...

New research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) could help to lower the risk of death by heart and circulatory conditions in people living with chronic kidney disease.

Weak handshake could be sign of a failing heart. Hand grip strength could be used as a simple measure of heart health, according to new research published today in PLOS ONE and funded by the BHF.

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6 - 7 June 2026

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Kendal, Lake District

Walk or run through England’s finest countryside for the Lake District Challenge

A new online calculate lets users calculate their true heart age.

Stuart Harrod shares his story of adapting to a new normal after he unexpectedly developed endocarditis and had to have open heart surgery.

Until now, scientists thought that the first time our heart muscle beat was around day 21 of a human pregnancy but new research suggests otherwise.