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  • MSPs call for urgent action to improve Scotland's health

    A group of cross-party MSPs have called for urgent action to tackle the damage to people’s health caused by smoking, junk food and alcohol.

  • RESEARCH

    Controlling von Willebrand factor as a treatment for stroke

    Imperial College London | Professor David A Lane

    Although stroke patients can be given blood thinning agents to prevent platelets plugging together, they are at risk of the serious side effect of bleeding and also having more strokes in the future. Professor David Lane and colleagues from...

  • Release of funding for clinical trial set-up

    A small amount of funding can be released from awarded BHF clinical study grants to support the work required to obtain relevant permissions for this research.

  • RESEARCH

    Identifying the heart stem cells that could help repair the heart

    University of Aberdeen | Professor Stefan Hoppler

    Thanks to research, it is now possible to direct embryonic stem cells in the laboratory to mature into spontaneously contracting heart cells. However, these procedures are currently too inefficient and unreliable to generate stem cells that...

  • Heart valve disease

    Heart valve disease is when one or more of your heart valves do not work like they should. This can affect your blood flow and put extra strain on your heart.

  • Your heart rate

    Your heart rate (also known as your pulse rate) is the number of times your heart beats per minute (bpm). Everyone’s heart rate is different and can change over time. Read more.

  • AI tool could help prevent thousands of heart attacks

    An AI tool that can predict 10-year risk of having a heart attack could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest pain, according to new research we’ve funded.

  • RESEARCH

    Growing new heart muscle to help heart attack patients

    University of Cambridge | Dr Sanjay Sinha

    Regenerative medicine is an area of research that has the potential to revolutionise the care of patients with heart and circulatory disease, especially after life-threatening events such as a heart attack. After a heart attack, any damage ...

  • RESEARCH

    Refining promising techniques for guiding catheter ablation to stop atrial fibrillation

    University of Leicester | Professor G Andre Ng

    Nearly 1.3 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with Atrial fibrillation (AF), making it the most common heart rhythm disturbance. Symptoms include irregular heartbeats, light-headedness and fatigue, affecting people’s quality of li...

  • Heart of Oxford Business Board

    Heart of Oxford Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.