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Today we announced our shortlist of four research projects competing for a single £30million award. The charity says it is one of many radical new approaches needed to address a frightening mismatch in research funding compared with the burden of heart and circulatory diseases.

A heart block is an abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia). Learn all about the causes, different types, treatments and symptoms for this heart condition.

Switching off a heart muscle protein could provide a new way for drugs to combat heart failure in people who’ve had a heart attack, according to research we funded and published in the journal Nature.

A new study has reported that statins don’t reduce risk of heart attacks and stroke for over 75s without existing heart or circulatory diseases. We go behind the headlines.

Inspired by Wimbledon? We explain how you can get started with tennis - it's more accessible than you might think and will help keep your heart healthy too.

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University of Leeds | Dr Andrew Smith

When the heart becomes damaged – for example, after a heart attack – this reduces the blood supply to the muscle cells which contract to pump blood around the body. Over time, this reduces the heart’s ability to pump. This is known as heart...

Get tips from three psychologists on how to feel less anxious about your health issues.

We are temporarily closing our BHF England charity shops for a four week period from Thursday 5th November, in line with Government guidance. You can still donate via our freepost service or shop online with us to help fund our life saving heart research.

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University of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha

Marfan syndrome is an inherited condition that causes problems with the body’s connective tissue. It is caused by faults in a particular gene, and is therefore passed down through families. The most severe consequence of Marfan syndrome is ...

Vascular dementia kills around 15,000 people in the UK every year. This is why we desperately need more research.