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Is it safe to swim with a heart condition?
Our Physical Activity Specialist explains what to consider when you're keen to go back to swimming after been diagnosed with angina or a heart condition.
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Learning about cell growth in the developing and adult heartUniversity of Oxford | Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya
Scientists understand that a complex network of molecules keep the heart and circulatory system functioning normally. Often it is damage to these networks that causes disease. Clues to how they work come from studying development in the emb...
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Studying heart and blood vessel development in zebrafishUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Tim Chico
Dr Timothy Chico and his team are studying the way that our heart and blood vessels develop. Understanding this better may reveal new ways to treat heart disease. In this project, Dr Chico is studying minute hair-like structures, called...
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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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A new and better way of diagnosing early stage heart failure patientsKing's College London | Professor Philip Chowienczyk
Heart failure is a chronic condition that causes death and disability. It can develop as a result of injury to the heart muscle caused by a heart attack, or for other reasons. A routine test used to diagnose heart failure measures how much ...
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Scan could help prevent deadly heart failure in cancer patients
High-tech scanning techniques could reveal whether chemotherapy is damaging a person’s heart before any symptoms appear, according to research we've funded presented at the Global Cardio-oncology Summit in London.
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Harnessing the natural regenerative properties of the heart to repair damage after injuryUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
The epicardium is the outside layer of the heart. It is made up of cells that are essential for normal heart development. If these cells could be switched on in adults who have sustained a heart injury, it may be possible to encourage heart...
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Discovering more about ILC2: immune cells with heart-protective propertiesUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Ziad Mallat
The immune system, with the help of lots of different types of immune cells, plays a critical role in the health of our heart and circulatory system. Some of these immune cells appear to contribute to atherosclerosis – the build-up of fatty...
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"After my second heart attack I decided to completely change my life"
After Javed Hussain, from London, had his first heart attack in 2016, he thought his life was over. However, his second heart attack gave him a new lease on life.
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Developing a new heart valve that lasts longer and resembles human tissueUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Geoffrey Moggridge
Dr Geoffrey Moggridge and his team want to develop a new heart valve that lasts longer and improves the quality of life for people who need a valve replacement. Currently, replacement heart valves are not perfect – there is an increased ...