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Pacemakers: The expert's view
Pacemakers can be fitted in people of any age, including children, but are most often fitted in the over-60s. Recovery is usually reasonably quick.
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Our advice on fats
Our Senior Dietitian writes about our advice on healthy eating and explains the latest news stories on saturated and trans fats.
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New findings suggesting statins increase diabetes risk should be treated with caution
New research suggests men who take statins to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease could be more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. But we urge people to be cautious about the findings and remind people to keep taking their prescribed medication.
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Creating a map of ‘tissue factor’ to reveal its role in normal and abnormal blood clottingUniversity of Surrey | Professor John McVey
Blood clotting is an essential and tightly controlled defence mechanism that happens instantly to prevent extensive blood loss when a blood vessel is damaged. It begins when blood is exposed to cells displaying a molecule called tissue fact...
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How gases boost blood vessel growth in peripheral arterial diseaseKing's College London | Dr Alison C Brewer
Dr Alison Brewer and her colleagues at King’s College London are studying peripheral artery disease, or PAD, where the blood supply to tissues in the limbs is insufficient. There is currently no effective treatment for PAD and, in severe ca...
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Can a molecule found in broccoli protect against inflammation in stroke?King's College London | Professor Giovanni Mann
Stroke is one of the most common causes of death and disability in the world. Currently only one drug, called recombinant tissue-plasminogen activator, or rt-PA, is approved to treat it. Professor Giovanni Mann from the King’s College L...
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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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Our science highlights of 2021
We rounded up 2021 with a special Live & Ticking event looking at some of the year’s biggest breakthroughs and the scientists behind them.
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Reflections of Research, 2005-2024: Reflections from former winners
Hear from previous winners of Reflections of Research about their creative process, where their career has taken them, and why this competition is so important.
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Cardiovascular inequalities across English local authorities
Our report examines how the inequalities in cardiovascular health are even more extreme across the ten most and least deprived local authorities in England.