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Could your beta-blocker side effects be a trick of the mind?
Some people stop taking beta blockers because they believe they’re causing side effects like breathlessness and weight gain. But these symptoms can be caused by the nocebo effect, explains specialist Dr Sameer Zaman.
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3 signs you should contact your doctor
When should you see your doctor sooner? Find out the reasons to contact your GP about your care, from new or worsening symptoms to admin errors.
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Our partnership with Admiral Slots
We're thrilled that the staff at Admiral Slots have chosen to support BHF as their Charity of the Year. Read more about our partnership together.
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Professor Bryan Williams joins BHF as Professor Sir Nilesh Samani steps down
Professor Bryan Williams is now officially in post as our first Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, following his appointment earlier in the year.
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Working out why blood vessels become leakyKing's College London | Dr Aleksandar Ivetic
Dr Aleksandar Ivetic and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying ways to prevent uncontrolled blood vessel leakiness, which can be life threatening. Humans are made up of 80% water, 10% of which is carried around our bodies b...
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Understanding how blood vessel stiffness arisesUniversity of East Anglia | Dr Derek Warren
Healthy blood vessels are constantly responding to their surrounding environment. They are lined with muscle cells that can expand and contract which helps them cope with changes in blood pressure and maintains blood flow throughout the bod...
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Enhancing the body’s natural anti-clotting system to treat thrombosisImperial College London | Professor James Crawley
Blood clotting is highly coordinated and involves processes that promote clotting and others that inhibit it. One of the body’s natural clot-inhibiting pathways is called the “TFPI-protein S anticoagulant system”. In this system, the TFPI...
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Recovering from my quadruple bypass surgery while the world went into lockdown
While driving from a work event, Danièle started to struggle with her breathing, so she pulled over at the side of the road. “I wondered if there was something constricting my windpipe or something wrong with my lungs,” Danièle says.
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What are the side effects of amiodarone?
Our medical expert answers a question about the potential side effects of amiodarone, including overactive thyroid.
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Identifying risk factors that predict future stroke riskUniversity of Oxford | Dr Alastair Webb
Dr Alastair Webb and his colleagues at the University of Oxford are looking for ways to prevent people who have had strokes experiencing another one. To do so, they are trying to identify factors which could predict the likelihood of anothe...