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What goes wrong with the heart’s beat in heart disease?King's College London | Dr Elisabetta Brunello
Dr Elizabetta Brunello at King’s College London is working out how protein ‘motors’ within heart muscle cells make heart cells contract, by travelling up and down muscle filaments, like trains travelling along tracks. She wants to understan...
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Preventing heart and circulatory diseases in young people with type 1 diabetesUniversity College London | Professor John E Deanfield
Having high blood sugar levels damages the heart and circulation. Adults with type 1 diabetes have a higher than normal risk of heart and kidney problems, especially if they have had diabetes since they were very young. Measuring a protein ...
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Our 750 UK shops and stores are reopening from mid-June onwards
We are set to reopen our 750 charity shops following their temporary closure due to Covid-19, we can announce today.
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Improving the lives of patients with tetralogy of FallotImperial College London | Professor Michael Gatzoulis
Tetralogy of Fallot affects approximately one in every 3,600 births. It is the most common cyanotic congenital heart defect present at birth (where the baby’s skin has a blue appearance because it is not receiving enough oxygen-carrying blo...
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Cross Party Group Inquiry into High Blood Pressure in Scotland
Learn more about the Cross Party Group Inquiry into High Blood Pressure in Scotland, which launched in 2018, and gathered information on living with high blood pressure.
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Can a diabetes drug help people with left ventricular hypertrophy?University of Dundee | Professor Chim Lang
Blood enters the left side of the heart from the lungs, and the left side of the heart pumps it all round the body. High blood pressure can cause the left side of the heart to become enlarged because it works harder to get blood round the b...
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Finding new ways to help people with heart disease avoid muscle weaknessUniversity of Leeds | Professor Stuart Egginton
In many people with heart disease, daily living can be a challenge. This is not entirely due to the heart not working correctly - lost or blocked small blood vessels may also increase muscle fatigue, and contribute to muscle wasting and wea...
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Penny Lancaster surprises children with heart conditions
Penny Lancaster visits the Royal Brompton Hospital to support the British Heart Foundation’s Christmas campaign to fund research to keep more families together
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BHF teams up with Microsoft to create stronger supporter relationships
We have teamed up with Microsoft to provide more personalised experiences to our supporters, volunteers, and customers, with the aim of increasing more support for our life saving science.
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Testing single muscle cell threads in heart biopsies from people with cardiomyopathiesImperial College London | Dr Petr Vikhorev
Cardiomyopathies are diseases that affect the heart muscle. They are frequently caused by genetic mutations, which are passed down through families. Cardiomyopathies can be very serious, causing enlargement or thickening of the heart, heart...