Search

Find out what giving blood involves, where you can donate blood, and whether you can give blood if you have heart disease.

The BHF gives its view on news stories claiming that plant-based food swaps can lower your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Testosterone may be linked to the hardening of blood vessels associated with heart disease, shows research funded by the BHF and the BBSRC at the University of Edinburgh.

We take medicines every day ? but do you think about where they come from? Most modern drugs are created in the lab ? but these have bizarre origins.

A smart T-shirt with the power of AI could in future detect heart conditions as people go about their daily lives, thanks to research we're funding at Imperial College London.

RESEARCH

University of Reading | Dr Alister McNeish

We know that eating fish is good for our heart health. Omega-3 fish oils (DHA and EPA) relax blood vessels and reduce blood pressure, bringing down the risk of heart and circulatory disease. Some studies suggest that fish oils relax blood v...

RESEARCH

University of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett

Our heart requires an electrical signal to beat correctly. When this signal breaks down, disturbances in the heart beat called arrhythmias occur. Arrhythmias can cause serious health problems and even sudden death. We know that athletes who...

BHF-funded study uses MRI scanning techniques to look at hearts within hours of a heart attack, with a view to developing more patient-specific treatment.

RESEARCH

University College London | Dr Amand Floriaan Schmidt

A variety of different drugs are used to help prevent heart attacks and strokes, and they work in different ways. For example, by reducing cholesterol or decreasing blood pressure. Although these drugs are often prescribed together, the saf...

RESEARCH

University of Birmingham | Dr Nicholas Jones

Heart transplantation may be the only option available for some patients with irreversibly damaged and failing hearts. But the donor heart can be rejected by the person’s immune system. Although certain types of immune cells are responsible...