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University of Cambridge | Professor Dino Giussani

We know that conditions in the womb can trigger alterations in the development of the foetus’s heart and blood vessels. This may set the stage for heart and circulatory problems in the newborn baby, as well as increasing the risk of heart a...

We look behind the headlines after research suggests that eating more vegetables may not protect you against developing heart and circulatory disease.

In a global report published today, researchers have called for urgent action to improve care and prevention to combat the worldwide leading cause of death among women – heart and circulatory disease.

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King's College London | Professor Michael Marber

Every day, hundreds of people go to hospital with symptoms that could indicate a heart attack. Identifying and treating someone who is having a heart attack quickly is essential, to limit the damage it causes to their heart. Hospital doctor...

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University of Oxford | Professor Dr Jemma Hopewell

Currently we can reduce the risk of people dying from heart disease by reducing blood cholesterol levels using drugs such as statins, controlling blood pressure and diabetes, and encouraging people to stop smoking. We can use several approa...

Hope for Hearts

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash

Researchers are investigating if people with heart disease risk factors are vulnerable to flu-related heart attacks. Having a respiratory infection, such as flu or pneumonia, temporarily raises our risk of a heart attack or stroke. While...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

Heart muscle cannot repair itself after injury, e.g. after a heart attack, so scientists are working to repair it using new heart muscle cells. BHF Professor Paul Riley and colleagues (University of Oxford and University College London) hav...

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University of Bristol | Professor Raimondo Ascione

The BHF is helping researchers in Bristol move lab discoveries into the clinic to benefit heart patients more quickly by contributing nearly £1 million towards a unique Translational Biomedical Centre. The Centre, costing almost £5 million,...