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How can a protein involved in energy-production prevent heart damage?Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Philip Eaton
BHF-funded researchers at Queen Mary University of London are investigating how to protect stressed hearts against heart failure. In some situations, the heart can become stressed, for example during and after a heart attack or in people...
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Can the Mediterranean diet prevent heart attacks and strokes?
Several news outlets are reporting that the Mediterranean diet can slash the risk of dying from heart attack and stroke. But is this true? We investigate.
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Studying problems with calcium channels in the heartCardiff University | Dr Nia Thomas
Coordinated contraction of the heart muscle during each heartbeat is only achieved when calcium movement in heart cells is well controlled. Unfortunately, we now know that genetic errors in key molecules and structures of the heart that con...
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Studying a new faulty gene that cause heart muscle diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Dr Katja Gehmlich
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited heart disease that can lead to life-threatening heart rhythm problems and sudden cardiac death. It is normally caused by genetic mistakes, or mutation, that alter tiny structures in the hear...
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New scanning methods to reveal cause and effect in heart diseaseUniversity of Oxford | Professor Robin P Choudhury
Professor Robin Choudhury and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are working out how to combine imaging techniques so they can be used to tell doctors what has happened to heart muscle after a heart attack, and what caused it. N...
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New drugs to break the cycle of heart scarringUniversity of Bristol | Dr Mark Bond
The build-up of scar tissue in the heart (fibrosis) is a key process that contributes to heart failure. It is caused by an increased number of cells called fibroblasts, which lay together to form scar tissue. The result is that the heart wa...
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The British Heart Foundation helps train lifesaving CPR to drivers delivering Amazon parcels
The BHF is working in partnership with Amazon and more than 100 independent delivery companies across the UK, to offer the free training to thousands of drivers.
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Women are 50% more likely than men to be given incorrect diagnosis following a heart attack
Women have a 50% higher chance than men of receiving the wrong initial diagnosis following a heart attack, according to a new study we part-funded at the University of Leeds.
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Flu and your heart condition
Learn about the flu and how it affects you if you live with a heart condition, including whether the flu will impact on your medication, how long it lasts, getting vaccinated and tips to help with the symptoms.
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How supporter cells instruct heart muscle cells to behave normallyImperial College London | Professor Cesare M N Terracciano
There are two types of cell in the heart, cells that contract to make it beat (myocytes) and cells that don't contract, but provide support for the myocytes (fibroblasts). These researchers at Imperial College London propose that fibroblast...