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Forget crisps and soggy sandwiches - try these delicious heart-healthy picnic recipes instead.

Help and advice if you're feeling low, worried or anxious after a heart attack or heart surgery, or if you have been told you have a heart condition.

It's often said that the most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched, they are felt with the heart – that's the muscle about the size of your fist that is currently keeping you alive.

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University of Leeds | Dr Marc Bailey

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a ballooning of the main blood vessel in the abdomen. Once an aneurysm develops it tends to grow over time with no symptoms, and if it bursts, it is usually fatal. The only treatment is surgery, but thi...

BHF Senior Cardiac Nurse looks at the challenges of living with heart failure, tips on managing it and how the BHF supports those who have the condition.

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University of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford

Professor Andrew Trafford and his colleagues at the University of Manchester are working out what factors within cells are responsible for triggering irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. People who have had a recent heart attack are, i...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Endre Kiss Toth

Dr Endre Kiss Toth and his team at the University of Sheffield are looking for new ways to lower cholesterol levels in the blood to prevent arteries becoming blocked with fatty plaques, or atherosclerosis. Scientists have found that a prot...

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University of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley

The BHF is helping the University of Oxford bring together developmental biology and regenerative medicine in a single institute by contributing £5 million towards a new Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM). The new b...

A team of scientists we fund at Queen’s University, Belfast, have discovered a gene that increases the risk of blood vessel damage in people with diabetes.

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University of Oxford | Professor David Paterson

High blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease, but many people with high blood pressure are not receiving treatment for it. Understanding how high blood pressure develops may reveal new ways to treat it and reduce people’s risk of ...