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Can low-salt diets really cut blood pressure in just one week?
News outlets claim that one week of reducing your salt intake by one teaspoon a day can lower your blood pressure as much as medication. Is it true?
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6 ways to make the perfect poached egg
We asked readers for their perfect poached egg tips, and got some great responses. Here's the best of them.
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Football legends inspire the nation to learn lifesaving CPR
An inspiring line-up of footballers impacted by life-threatening heart conditions are joining forces with Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to urge more than a quarter of a million people to learn life-saving CPR.
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The cardiac ganglionic plexus and control of cardiac performanceUniversity of Leicester | Dr Kieran Brack
The cardiac ganglionic plexus (CGP) is a branching network of nerves associated with the heart and specifically the regulation of the heartbeat. Dr Kieran Brack from the University of Leicester will study how the CGP affects cardiac functio...
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Tiny controllers of heart developmentUniversity of East Anglia | Professor Andrea E Munsterberg
Supervised by Professor Andrea Munsterberg, the PhD student on this project is working out how microRNAs are involved in heart development. Ribonucleic acid, or RNA, is present in all living cells and acts as a messenger, carrying instr...
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Our shops hit £1 million on reopening day
BHF shops have made an incredible £1 million in sales on the first day of reopening following lockdown.
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Healthcare Innovation Awards to drive 'transformative' improvements for heart patients
We have awarded over £800,000 to fund five ambitious research projects at centres across the UK.
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What is a PET scan?
Find what PET scans are used for, what’s involved, and what they will tell your doctor.
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Are fat cells important for repairing heart muscle after a heart attack?University of Oxford | Dr Mathilda Mommersteeg
During a heart attack, blood vessels supplying the heart muscle become blocked, starving the heart of oxygen. The affected heart muscle tissue dies, and the damaged tissue is replaced by scar tissue that doesn’t function like healthy heart ...
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‘Before my stroke I was so agile’: Pauline’s story shows the need for more research
Pauline Boye woke up at 4am and needed to go the bathroom. One problem, she couldn’t get out of bed. The 49-year-old had a stroke in her sleep and her right side was paralysed. On World Stroke Day, Pauline’s story reminds us of the heartbreaking cost of stroke – and the pressing need for more research to prevent and treat it.