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After the rapid development of a Framework in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, research leaders have selected six National Flagship Projects.

We’ve been funding research to prevent strokes and improve treatment and recovery after a stroke.

Ana Perich, Retail Volunteering Manager, and volunteer Ali Sirrieh, share the important work to support and welcome asylum seekers to the BHF. Read their story.

With the survival rates in the UK lower than 10%, David Jeffrey was one of the lucky few to survive a cardiac arrest out of hospital.

Study we funded at Queen Mary University of London shows beetroot juice can reduce high blood pressure to normal levels

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University of Hull | Dr Simon Calaminus

Supervised by Dr Simon Calaminus, this PhD student is studying what controls platelets – small cells in the blood that clump together at sites of injury to form a plug to prevent further blood loss. Platelets are not normally activated ...

RESEARCH

University of Oxford | Professor Kim A Dora

The inner lining cells of the blood vessel, called endothelial cells, acts as a barrier that controls the movement of fluid (including water) and other molecules from the blood and across the vessel wall. To maintain blood pressure and flow...

Book a house clearance with the BHF. We remove items and household waste from a property to sell in our shops, recycle or dispose of properly.

A doctor has questioned the use of the cholesterol-lowering drug rosuvastatin (Crestor).

Learn about the incredible research into stroke and vascular dementia BHF have funded and download our impact report.