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Angina: Common questions answered
Heart nurse June Davison puts questions about angina, a common symptom of coronary heart and circulatory disease, to Dr Sarah Clarke.
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Revealing why heart attacks can trigger abnormal heart rhythms or heart failureUniversity of Manchester | Professor Andrew Trafford
Professor Andrew Trafford and his colleagues at the University of Manchester are working out what factors within cells are responsible for triggering irregular heart rhythms, or arrhythmias. People who have had a recent heart attack are, i...
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Working out why blood vessels become leakyKing's College London | Dr Aleksandar Ivetic
Dr Aleksandar Ivetic and his colleagues at King’s College London are studying ways to prevent uncontrolled blood vessel leakiness, which can be life threatening. Humans are made up of 80% water, 10% of which is carried around our bodies b...
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Developing cell therapy to prevent heart transplant rejectionKing's College London | Professor Ajay Shah
When someone’s heart is failing, a transplant is sometimes the only treatment option. However, the new heart can be rejected by the body’s immune response, even when medicines are taken to try and prevent this. Professor Shah and his team...
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Understanding the role of cell powerhouses in fatty plaque stabilityUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Emma Yu
Mitochondria are powerhouses of cells that provide energy for all its functions. In atherosclerosis, where fatty plaques have started to form in blood vessels, mitochondria do not work properly. This prevents the waste removal processes tha...
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How blood vessel cells change their shape and orientationUniversity of Bristol | Professor Harry Mellor
After a heart attack or stroke, the body needs to make new blood vessels to replenish the oxygen supply to tissues. To form new blood vessels, cells called endothelial cells undergo profound changes in shape and organise themselves into a t...
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13 small changes that add up to a healthy diet
A few small steps can make a healthy diet and help you to control your weight, too. Dietitian Annemarie Aburrow shows us how.