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Nearly 50,000 people urge Government to fix heart care crisis
Campaigners met at Downing Street yesterday to urge the Government to address the “worst heart care crisis in living memory”.
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Developing a new technique to image blood clots in heart arteriesUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby
BHF Professor David Newby and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are working to develop a new technique that detects blood clots in heart arteries. This will complement their new imaging method that detects dangerous fatty build ...
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Heart care waiting list at new record high in England
Latest NHS England figures published today show that the number of people on cardiac waiting lists has risen to a record high of 392,698 at the end of May 2023 in England.
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Unravelling the genes behind heart and large blood vessel developmentNewcastle University | Dr Simon Bamforth
Dr Simon Bamforth and colleagues at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are studying what genes are important during the development of the major blood vessels in the chest, which carry blood to and from the heart, and around the body. Ma...
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How does the heart train itself to deal with low oxygen levels?University of Nottingham | Professor Peter Shaw
Supervised by Professor Peter Shaw, this PhD student is studying how the heart trains itself to cope with periods of low oxygen. Over time, reduced oxygen due to heart disease causes the heart to become damaged. The heart can work with ...
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Measuring the benefits of weight loss surgery on heart healthUniversity of Oxford | Dr Oliver Rider
BHF Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow and consultant cardiologist Dr Oliver Rider is working out which form of weight loss surgery benefits heart health the most. Obesity causes the heart to enlarge and blood vessels to stiffen. Alth...
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Historic moment as opt-out system for organ donation passes final parliamentary vote
The new ‘opt-out’ organ donation system has today passed its final parliamentary vote, meaning that everyone in England will soon be presumed to consent to donating their organs unless they register their decision to opt-out on the NHS organ donation register.
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New Government must commit to a heart disease action plan
Sir Keir Starmer’s new Government must seize the moment and tackle the ongoing heart care crisis head-on, the BHF urges today.
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Do RIP proteins control life and death in heart muscle cells?University of Reading | Professor Angela Clerk
Professor Angela Clerk is studying how heart muscle cells die after a heart attack to identify points where we could intervene and prevent it. The team is studying a new form of cell death called necroptosis, which could be important in the...