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Heart valves play a crucial part in making sure your heart works properly. We're funding research to make it easy to detect heart valve problems early and treat them.

Today’s Budget and Comprehensive Spending Review acknowledged the immense pressure on the NHS, but ultimately fell short for both patients and medical research.

Researchers funded by us at Edinburgh University have found a new target for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This research could lead to treatments for this deadly condition with no cure.

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University of Exeter | Dr John Dennis

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a serious, common condition which occurs when problems with the hormone insulin lead to high levels of sugar in the blood. Prolonged high blood sugar causes various health problems. Metformin is the first drug pres...

Our data on percentage of heart failure patients who also live other conditions including atrial fibrillation, coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease or stroke/transient ischaemic attack (TIA).

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University College London | Professor Claudio Stern

The human heart begins as a simple tube, which loops and folds itself to form a four-chambered heart, containing many different types of cells. This process of embryonic development in the womb sometimes goes wrong, causing congenital heart...

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University of Bristol | Dr Danielle Paul

Proteins that make up heart muscle are arranged into structures called filaments. There are two types of filament: thick and thin. A protein called troponin is one of the main components of the thin filament and acts like a switch that turn...

Study shows running ten minutes a day can cut your risk of dying from CVD.

This year's Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim raised £288,000