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Every five minutes, someone in the UK has a heart attack. We explain all you need to know about a heart attack including the causes, symptoms and effects.

The Duchess of York, Gemma Atkinson, Luke Pritchard and Vernon Kay among celebrities who honour UK's inspirational Heart Heroes at our Heart Hero Awards

An algorithm developed using artificial intelligence could soon be used by doctors to diagnose heart attacks with better speed and accuracy than ever before, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh, funded by us and the National Institute for Health and Care Research, and published today in Nature Medicine.

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Manchester Metropolitan University | Dr Stephen White

Around a third of heart attacks are caused when fatty plaques in the walls of arteries become unstable and rupture. This tends to happen when the cells that line the blood vessels – endothelial cells – detach, causing the formation of blood...

The number of people waiting for NHS treatment could double to 10 million by the end of the year, according to a new report.

Scientists have discovered that a compound found in green tea, currently being studied for its ability to reduce amyloid plaques in the brain in Alzheimer’s disease, also breaks up and dissolves potentially dangerous protein plaques found in the blood vessels.

Stark inequalities in awareness, diagnosis and treatment of heart attacks are leading to women needlessly dying every day in the UK, according to our new briefing.