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A nationwide study of diseases that occur in the years following a heart attackUniversity of Leeds | Dr Marlous Hall
A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. In the UK more than 100,000 hospital admissions each year are due to heart attacks and they can be fatal. However, survival rates have improved dramaticall...
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Understanding the role of heme in controlling blood pressureUniversity of Bristol | Professor Emma Raven
Heme is a small molecule that contains iron in the middle of it. Many different proteins in our bodies have heme bound to them - including haemoglobin, the molecule that carries oxygen in the blood. But heme also has other roles in our cell...
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Working out how certain drugs affect the heart and blood vesselsUniversity of Birmingham | Dr Keith L Brain
Dr Keith Brain from The University of Birmingham wants to develop a method to study how the ‘autonomic’ nerves that are important for controlling healthy heart and blood vessel function work in living animals. This has so far been difficult...
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BHF - Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships
BHF - Daphne Jackson Trust Fellowships provide an opportunity for researchers returning after a career break.
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Using a cold skin probe to measure blood vessel healthKing's College London | Professor Susan Brain
London researchers are using a cold probe against the skin to study the health and responsiveness of blood vessels. Healthy blood vessels are flexible and can respond quickly to changes inside and outside our body; becoming narrower or wi...
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Eggs and cholesterol
Our Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor responds to news stories on eggs and cholesterol
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Cardiovascular inequalities across English local authorities
Our report examines how the inequalities in cardiovascular health are even more extreme across the ten most and least deprived local authorities in England.
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Understanding how blood vessels become leakyUniversity College London | Professor Patric Turowski
Blood vessel leakage into the surrounding tissue is common in many inflammatory diseases, and can occur in people with diabetes or after a stroke. A PhD student working with Dr Patric Turowski will learn more about the link between blood ve...
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Should the flu vaccine programme be extended for heart attack and stroke prevention?London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Charlotte Warren-Gash
Researchers are investigating if people with heart disease risk factors are vulnerable to flu-related heart attacks. Having a respiratory infection, such as flu or pneumonia, temporarily raises our risk of a heart attack or stroke. While...