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Plant milks are becoming an everyday addition to many people's diets. BHF dietician Victoria Taylor takes a closer look at their nutritional benefits.

Our medical expert explains what GTN spray is, and how it's used to treat angina.

New study shows link between people who have a high pain tolerance and unrecognised heart attacks.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have found a new target for drugs to prevent dangerous blood clots in the legs, thanks to our funding.

Scientists we funded at the University of Reading are to investigate whether a targetted antioxidant drug could be used to prevent heart attacks.

British Heart Foundation pays tribute to Professor Ken Taylor

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University of Manchester | Dr Ashraf Kitmitto

Heart complications are a major cause of death in people with diabetes and these complications are often associated with abnormal contraction of the heart. A protein called the ryanodine receptor (RyR) helps to control heart contraction by ...

Remote monitoring for patients who have recently had a heart attack reduces A&E attendance and prevents readmissions to hospital, according to research funded by us.

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University of Manchester | Dr Christopher Miller

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for a group of conditions that cause severe breathing difficulties. A third of people with COPD also have heart failure. You might expect this to be because the two diseases share ris...

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King's College London | Professor Philip Eaton

Noonan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects up to 1 in 1,000 births and is known to cause heart conditions, learning problems and short stature. In half of people with Noonan syndrome, the genetic cause is a mutation in a gene called...