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The Government can’t afford to put the brakes on anti-obesity policies
Obesity poses a grave threat to our national health and wealth. As one in four adults lives with obesity we know that millions of people are at increased risk of heart and circulatory diseases right now, and that comes with an estimated annual cost to the economy of £58bn.
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Improving how weight loss advice is given by GPsUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Aveyard
Around one in four adults in the UK is obese, and the levels are rising. Obesity increases the risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases, and costs the NHS around £4.2 billion a year. GPs are in a good position to guide patients to ...
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Harnessing IGF binding protein-2 to help grow new blood vesselsUniversity of Leeds | Dr Stephen Wheatcroft
Coronary heart disease and peripheral artery disease occur when blood vessels to the heart or limbs, respectively, become narrowed or blocked by a fatty build-up. Although these blockages can be reopened with a stent to widen the blocked ar...
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What makes partially-specialised cells in a growing embryo turn into blood vessel cells?University of East Anglia | Dr Gi Fay Mok
In the growing embryo, stem cells (unspecialised cells) undergo rapid changes to become precursor cells (partially-specialised cells) and then specialised cells which perform specific functions. This process of cell differentiation is go...
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Research excellence at the University of EdinburghUniversity of Edinburgh | Professor Andrew Howard Baker
By investing in research the BHF are supporting scientists to make potentially life-saving discoveries, which could help us beat the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases across the world. But sometimes it takes more than a on...
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Restoring blood supply to the limbs using a patient’s own stem cellsUniversity College London | Dr Richard Day
Dr Richard Day and his colleagues at University College London are testing a new approach to restore blood supply to the limbs of people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). In people with PAD, there is a build-up of fatty deposits in ...
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Can an extract from blueberries and sea buckthorn help treat diabetic kidney disease?University of Exeter | Dr Sebastian Oltean
Although blood sugar (glucose) levels can be controlled relatively well in most people with diabetes, many will still develop complications that can affect their heart and blood vessels. These include a condition called diabetic nephropathy...
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Harnessing the body’s natural defences against blood vessel damageUniversity of Sheffield | Dr Alfred Thompson
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating condition caused when the blood vessels in the lung become progressively narrower. This causes increased blood pressure in the lungs and can lead to heart failure. This abnormal narrow...
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Identifying proteins that stick platelets and immune cells togetherUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Yi Sun
Dr Yi Sun and his colleagues at the University of Birmingham are studying platelets - small blood cells that are crucial for blood clots to form. Platelets are also involved in the development of many inflammatory diseases, including athero...