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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

Severe ambulance delays, inaccessible care and ever-growing waiting lists are contributing to heart patients dying needlessly, our new analysis has warned.

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.

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King's College London | Professor Ajay Shah

BHF Professor Ajay Shah and his team at Kings College London are studying whether manipulating a stress pathway in the mitochondria of heart muscle cells could help treat heart disease. Mitochondria are ‘powerhouses’ within cells that gene...

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King's College London | Professor Ajay Shah

BHF Professor Ajay Shah and his team at King’s College London want to find out if a protein called Nox4D could help the heart recover after a heart attack by making healthy heart muscle cells divide. Scientists have recently found that he...

There is fresh hope for hundreds of thousands of people in the UK with the potentially deadly heart condition dilated cardiomyopathy, as the British Heart Foundation announces it has invested over £2 million into the largest ever study of the poorly-understood disease.

Congenital heart disease means a heart condition or defect that develops in the womb, before a baby is born. Find out more about how it's diagnosed and where to find out more about the different types of congenital heart disease.

Ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review, we are calling for the Government to commit to significant investment in the NHS, research, and public health.

Having high cholesterol in your 30s and 40s could have a long-term impact on your heart health, according to a study.

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University of Bristol | Professor Gianni D Angelini

BHF Professor Gianni Angelini is looking for ways to prolong the life of biological prosthetic heart valves used to replace faulty valves in people with heart valve disease. Many people with heart valve disease need little or no treatme...