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We're excited to support a new $55m global research programme called VISIBLE from Wellcome Leap - jointly funded by Pivotal - to improve women's heart health.

Air pollution is the number one environmental risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. It’s attributable for up to 11,000 heart and circulatory deaths in the UK each year. That’s why we’re calling for stricter limits on air pollution in law across the UK.

Women, Black and South Asian people, and those from the most deprived communities are less likely to receive treatment after a diagnosis of the heart valve disease aortic stenosis, according to research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.

Discover why autoimmune conditions like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis increase heart attack and stroke risk. Learn how you can protect your heart.

We have announced the winner of our 2022 Reflections of Research science image competition. Blending the wonders of science and art, the competition challenges BHF-funded scientists to showcase their awe-inspiring research into cardiovascular health and disease through stunning imagery.

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Medical Research Council | Professor James Leiper

Dr James Leiper is developing a new drug to help treat people with sepsis. Many people are treated in intensive care each year with sepsis, when the body has an overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection, including widesprea...

Vascular dementia kills around 15,000 people in the UK every year. This is why we desperately need more research.

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University of Oxford | Professor Roger Patient

Hundreds of thousands of people are living with heart failure, but there is no cure. This research in zebrafish may reveal ways to regenerate or repair damaged heart tissue after a heart attack or in heart failure, which could ultimately ma...

Rachel Boothroyd was working as a successful lawyer in the city when she felt something was wrong with her body. "I thought heart disease was a risk I could manage – I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, and I watch what I eat. I thought I could stay on top of it, but heart disease came into my life as it does for so many people. It’s one of the biggest killers in the UK."

Find out how James Hall got back to the job he loves after he had a stroke and became partially sighted overnight.