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  • PUBLICATION

    G397 Well@Work summary report and call to action

    Booklet, 28 pages, published on 25/08/2009

    G397 Well@Work Summary Report and Call to Action

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    Understanding how the kidney helps to regulate blood pressure

    University of Cambridge | Dr Kevin O'Shaughnessy

    The control of sodium and potassium salts in the body is important for regulating blood pressure. This balance is regulated in a special part of the kidneys called the distal convoluted tubule, or DCT. However, the exact mechanism used by t...

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    Characterising the role of factor XII in blood clotting

    University of Aberdeen | Dr Nicola Mutch

    Factor XII is a protein that is involved with blood clotting. Unusually, it seems to participate in life threatening blood clot formation (thrombosis), but people who lack factor XII do not have excess bleeding. Consequently, scientists are...

  • Sugar, salt and fat

    This section explains what's really in your food and make the right choices when it comes to foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat.

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    Campaigning Toolkit - Gathering evidence

    Toolkit, 2 pages, published on 03/04/2012

    Learn how to collect information about your issue and help highlight the problem and potential solutions.

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    Developing a scan to detect patients at a higher risk of stroke

    University of Edinburgh | Professor David Newby

    BHF Professor David Newby and his colleagues at the University of Edinburgh are using a new scan that uses very strong magnets to study fatty deposits in the arteries of the head, neck and chest of people who have had a recent stroke. ...

  • RESEARCH

    Can sulforaphane protect against stroke damage?

    King's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann

    Supervised by Professor Giovanni Mann, a PhD student is working out if a compound in broccoli called sulforaphane could help to prevent or treat stroke. Professor Mann’s team has discovered that sulforaphane can protect small blood vessels...

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    Switching on the brain’s defence mechanisms in stroke

    King's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann

    Many types of antioxidants have been explored in the lab as potential stroke medicines, only to then fail when tested in clinical trials. Research has therefore shifted to focus on the cell’s own antioxidant defence mechanisms. Professor M...

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    Untangling the effects of type 2 diabetes on blood vessel health

    University of Leeds | Professor Mark Kearney

    According to data from 2016, type 2 diabetes affects more than three million people in the UK. The condition affects the health of our veins and arteries. This can lead to a range of problems, including leg ulcers, and it vastly increases a...

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    Health at Work pedometer challenge - team captain information sheet

    Information Sheet, 2 pages, published on 20/12/2012

    The team captain information sheet outlines the role of the team captain. We recommend that the coordinator circulates this information sheet to all team captains to help support them in their role of encouraging their team mates to walk more.

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