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Max and Keira's law will come into force in May 2020

We have signed a statement of intent alongside more than 40 of the UK's leading health funders and charities, calling for more to be done to include people over 75 in research

Eating too much salt is linked to high blood pressure, because of salt's sodium content. Watch our animation, and read seven salt-slashing tactics to help you cut down

Scientists at the University of Cambridge are to study how the heart grows at its earliest moments in an effort to help heart attack patients.

Read how our work has helped improve heart transplants and make more organs available.

Women may be missing a diagnosis of a potentially deadly heart condition due to guidelines that don't account for natural differences in sex and body size, according to research funded by us.

England cricketer James Taylor announces his retirement after being diagnosed with a type of inherited heart condition called arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). The BHF is funding life saving research to improve diagnosis and treatment for conditions like ARVC.

Inspired by six decades of breakthroughs, our researchers from across the UK have taken on physical challenges to raise vital funds for BHF research.

We're calling on the people of Yorkshire to support the Heart of Steel sculpture to raise funds for life-saving research

RESEARCH

University of Manchester | Dr Wei Liu

Heart failure – when the heart cannot pump blood around the body effectively – is a leading cause of death worldwide. Regardless of the initial cause, many changes take place in heart cells during the development of heart failure. Autopha...