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BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse explains why you might experience discomfort after you have had a stent fitted, and what to do when it happens. Read more.

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King's College London | Professor Catherine Shanahan

Professor Cathy Shanahan is looking for new ways to stop blood vessels accumulating calcium and becoming hard and stiff – a process that can cause high blood pressure and predisposes to coronary heart disease and heart failure. There are cu...

Find out how to calculate your body mass index (BMI) and what a healthy BMI is with our BMI chart and BMI tracker you can download and print.

An expert psychologist explains how to increase your willpower and self-control to eat healthily, exercise regularly, quit smoking and live well.

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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Dreary weather can make it harder to exercise outside. Our guide can keep you moving without needing to leave the house.

As new guidance is published on the sensitive issue of palliative care, we explain why we need to talk about death and dying. Find out more.

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University College London | Professor Perry Elliott

Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (AC) is a heart muscle disease that can cause sudden death in young people. The condition is often inherited, but the way in which it damages the heart muscle is poorly understood. One thing we do know about AC...