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Is tea good for you?
Find out if drinking tea, coffee or other popular drinks can lower the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke.
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RESEARCH
Imaging methods to detect early stages of atherosclerosisSt George's, University of London | Dr Marco Massimiliano Meloni
BHF Research Fellow Dr Marco Meloni is developing better ways to image blood vessels to help doctors detect the early stages of atherosclerosis, when arteries fur up and narrow. This condition can develop over several decades without sympto...
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Developing computer models of hypertrophic cardiomyopathyUniversity of Oxford | Dr Alfonso Bueno Orovio
Dr Alfonso Bueno Orovio from the University of Oxford is developing a computer model of a human heart with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), to better understand this disease. HCM is the most common hereditary heart disease and the main ca...
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Leading scientist to run London Marathon to help fund Heart Healing Patch
A leading scientist will run the TCS London Marathon 2022 for the British Heart Foundation, to help a revolutionary Heart Healing Patch he is creating become a step closer to reality.
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6 healthy stir-fry sauce recipes
Dietitian Mei Wan shares 6 delicious and healthy stir-fry sauces that will give your stir fries attitude, while looking after your heart.
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BHF joins leading organisations in calling for an industry wide sugar and salt levy
We have joined a major new campaign, Recipe for Change, which is calling for the UK Government to implement an industry-wide levy on salt and sugar to help make our food healthier.
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Our London to Brighton Bike Ride is back
The British Heart Foundation's much-loved London to Brighton Bike Ride will be returning on Sunday 19th June 2022, after being cancelled for the last two years due to the pandemic. We are expecting record interest in the event after the three-year break and have launched a ballot system to give everyone a fair chance of making it to the start line. We are encouraging cyclists of all abilities to enter the ballot now.
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RESEARCH
Studying a master switch that underlies heart hypertrophyUniversity College London | Dr Vishwanie Budhram-Mahadeo
The heart’s specialised muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, help pump blood around the body. Stress or damage can force the heart to work harder, which causes the cells to adapt to the workload by growing larger, a process called hypertrop...
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New research to better understand how heart scarring impacts veteran athletes
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has funded new research at the University of Leeds which will monitor the heartbeats of more than 100 athletes over two years to measure how endurance exercise impacts their heart.
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How we spend your donations
Over the last few months some parts of the media have questioned the amount of money UK charities spend on charitable activities. We spend around 78p of every £1 donated to fund life saving heart research. Find out how your donations are spent.