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Finding a new way to treat pulmonary arterial hypertensionUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Anthony Davenport
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare but devastating condition where the blood vessels in the lung narrow, causing strain on the right side of the heart. This can lead to heart failure and ultimately death – around 15 per cent of...
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How swimming can help you stay strong
Swimming is a great way to get fit and build strength. Lifelong swimmer Ivor Pope tells Rachael Healy about the benefits.
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How do proteins called NADPH oxidases control platelets in blood clots?University of Exeter | Dr Giordano Pula
Dr Giordano Pula and his team are studying the blood clotting process, with the aim of finding new ways to prevent life threatening blood clots. Platelets are small circulating cells that are required for blood clotting. If they become u...
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Can a healthy diet reduce your dementia risk?
Research suggests there’s a diet that may help to prevent dementia. Our Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains.
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Atrial fibrillation – what makes the rhythm disorder so hard to treat?University of Manchester | Dr Gwilym Morris
A group of researchers in Manchester, led by Dr Gwilym Morris are working to understand why a common heart rhythm problem resists treatment in some patients. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common heart rhythm disorder, affecting mor...
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High blood sugar levels 'reprogramme' stem cells
BHF funded researchers researchers at the University of Oxford think they have solved the mystery of why people with diabetes have a sustained increase in their risk of having a heart attack, even when their blood sugar levels return to normal. They found that high blood sugar ‘reprogrammes’ stem cells, making the white blood cells that develop from them more inflammatory. This makes atherosclerosis (fatty plaques in the arteries) worse – atherosclerosis is a leading cause of heart attacks.
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Accelerator award at the University of BristolUniversity of Bristol | Professor Deborah Anne Lawlor
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, ...
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Understanding and modelling the heart’s wiring systemUniversity of Manchester | Professor Mark R Boyett
The heart beat is produced by regular electrical pulses generated by the heart’s own wiring system. Changes during disease can lead to problems with the heart’s wiring system that causing erratic heart beats (arrhythmias) and in very seriou...
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Quitting smoking - RRT
BHF-funded researchers carried out a study to find out how to help people quit smoking successfully – should they cut down gradually or quit ‘cold turkey’?
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Can export control stop cells releasing von Willebrand factor?Queen Mary, University of London | Dr Thomas Nightingale
Dr Thomas Nightingale and his team at Queen Mary, University of London, are looking for ways to control levels of a protein called von Willebrand factor, or VWF, which is linked to heart and circulatory disease. When the body is injured,...