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Discussing health issues, whether yours or a loved one's, isn't always easy. Rachael Healy gets advice from an expert and a heart patient who's been through it.

It's good to stay active after a heart attack or heart surgery, but where do you start? Sarah Brealey shares tips from cardiac rehabilitation experts.

Crisp ‘N Dry will contribute £100,000 of proceeds to British Heart Foundation to help us all look after our hearts.

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King's College London | Dr Karen Liu

Recent technological advances have made it possible to identify changes in our DNA which can cause congenital heart disease. But this still doesn’t always mean we know what the affected genes do during heart development. Dr Karen Liu has ...

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University of Nottingham | Professor Simon C Langley-Evans

During pregnancy, the growth and development of the baby is affected by the mother’s diet. Women whose diet is low in energy, protein or nutrients such as iron have babies who are more likely to have heart disease when they are adults. In m...

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University of Manchester | Dr Gwilym Morris

Dr Gwilym Morris from the University of Manchester is to do a 2-year study looking at a condition called sick sinus syndrome (SSS). SSS affects the function of the heart’s natural internal pacemaker called the sinoatrial node. This node nor...

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University of Sheffield | Professor Julian Gunn

Supervised by Professor Julian Gunn, this Clinical Research Training Fellow is developing a new computer based tool for doctors to decide which patients with coronary heart disease need stents. In people with coronary heart disease, doc...

We have welcomed Government's announcement that the UK will rejoin the EU's scientific research scheme - Horizon Europe - as an associate member.

The ATTEST-2 trial tested whether the clot busting drug tenecteplase should be used to treat ischaemic stroke.

Recent headlines have claimed that depression is a direct cause of type 2 diabetes, but is this fact or fiction? We go behind the headlines.