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  • Food White Paper disappoints on breaking the junk food cycle

    Today we have responded to the Government’s Food White Paper as a ‘missed opportunity’ for driving better health for the nation.

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    Detecting hypersensitive platelets that cause thrombosis

    University of Southampton | Dr Jonathan West

    Platelets are microscopic cells that clump together to form blood clots to prevent blood loss when blood vessels are damaged. However, hyperactive platelets can cause blood clotting inside vessels, called thrombosis, which can lead to heart...

  • RESEARCH

    Accelerator award at the University of Birmingham

    University of Birmingham | Professor Stephen P Watson

    BHF-funded research is behind many of the advances that are helping people with heart and circulatory diseases to live longer, better lives. By investing in research we are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, ...

  • Could a missing gene make it harder to lose weight?

    Is your DNA the reason you struggle to lose weight? We look into recent headlines claiming that a genetic fault could increase the risk of obesity.

  • RESEARCH

    Studying the proteins that make platelets stick together in a blood clot

    University of Oxford | Dr Robert Gilbert

    Coronary heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer. Research to unravel the intricacies of blood clotting may reveal new ways to stop thrombosis, reducing the chance of severe illnesses such as heart attacks and strokes. Blood clot...

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    Developing ways to personalise digoxin treatment

    University of Birmingham | Dr Davor Pavlovic

    Digoxin is a common treatment for people with atrial fibrillation and heart failure, but it doesn’t always work as well as expected. Dr Pavlovic’s team at the University of Birmingham has previously shown that substances in the blood called...

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    Learning tricks from ticks to treat autoimmune myocarditis

    University of Oxford | Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya

    Occasionally, a virus or bacterial infection can lead to severe and potentially fatal inflammation of the heart muscle known as autoimmune myocarditis. There is currently no specific treatment for this condition. However, Professor Shoumo B...

  • Showhome with a difference

    A ‘rent to buy’ property in Bishop Auckland, County Durham has been given a stylish makeover with a twist. Every item has been carefully selected by interior design company, Stanza Style and purchased secondhand from our stores.

  • House share given charity shop makeover

    The British Heart Foundation give home make over to house share of junior doctors, using only pre-loved furniture items from their charity shops

  • Fats explained: saturated, unsaturated and trans fats

    BHF Senior Dietitian, Dell Standford, explains how much fat you should eat, the difference between saturated and unsaturated fats, and which fatty foods and oils are healthy.