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Is butter as bad as we thought?
Whilst the findings indicate a small association between butter consumption and cardiovascular risk, it does not give us the green light to start eating more butter
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How dying platelets help clots to formUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Matthew Harper
Dr Matthew Harper and his team at the University of Cambridge are studying how platelets release a molecule called HMGB1, which promotes blood clotting. Platelets are small blood cells that clump together to form clots and prevent excessi...
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How to avoid winter weight gain
Do you usually gain a few pounds over the winter? Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor explains how to stay strong this year.
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Impact of patient and public involvement
By listening to Heart Voices members, we have made some vital changes to the work we do. Find out about the value and impact they bring to BHF.
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Why do some people with pulmonary hypertension not respond to drugs?Imperial College London | Dr Christopher Rhodes
BHF Intermediate Basic Science Research Fellow Dr Christopher Rhodes is looking for ways to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious condition where people have high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Current treatme...
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What puts older women at risk of cardiovascular disease?University College London | Professor Juan Casas
Heart disease is the UK’s single biggest killer and women older than 65 years are at particular risk. The reasons for this remain unknown, which is a particular concern, given the ageing population. Dr Juan Casas and colleagues from the Lon...
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Cardiac arrest - ARREST trial
Where should people who’ve had a cardiac arrest out of hospital be treated? The ARREST trial looked at whether they should be taken to the nearest emergency department or a specialist cardiac arrest centre.
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How fat are your platelets?Cardiff University | Professor Valerie O'Donnell
Supervised by Professor Valerie O’Donnell, this PhD student will define the lipid ‘signature’ of platelets – cells that circulate in our bloodstream to stop bleeding. During heart and circulatory disease, platelets can become overactive...
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Preventing long-term side effects from stent surgeryKing's College London | Professor Bijan Modarai
Aneurysms (swellings) in the aorta, the body’s main blood vessel, are often treated with stents. Sometimes stents can block branches of blood vessels supplying blood to the spinal cord, and in 10% of these cases, this interruption in blood-...
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Creating tools and resources to learn about disease risk from health dataUniversity of Leicester | Dr Michael Sweeting
People with heart and circulatory diseases are living longer thanks to improvements in treatment. This means we need to better understand what other long-term conditions they may develop as they grow older (such as cancer). Health data in...