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Nicest man in Britain spends a week with the BHF
All this week Luke Cameron, who was named the Nicest Man in Britain last year after completing 365 good deeds – one every day of the year, will be volunteering with us.
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Donate your toys to help us cope with bumper demand
We are asking families across Britain to make room for Christmas and donate their children’s unwanted treasures, as we are dealing with bumper demand for toys, boardgames and puzzles this festive season.
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Increased risk of heart disease for mothers with more than 4 children
Research funded by us, presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference and funded by us, has shown that the more children a mother has, the greater her risk of heart attack, stroke and heart failure.
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10 heart drugs with weird origins
We take medicines every day ? but do you think about where they come from? Most modern drugs are created in the lab ? but these have bizarre origins.
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Developing and testing new heart valves for people with aortic stenosisUniversity of Cambridge | Professor Geoffrey Moggridge
Dr Geoffrey Moggridge and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge are developing new heart valves that could help more people with aortic stenosis, or AS. In AS the valve separating the heart and the aorta, the main artery supplyi...
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Outstanding British Heart Foundation volunteer, 94, wins national honour
One of our long-standing volunteers has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
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Eating too much salt is associated with risk of heart failure
Eating too much salt is associated with a doubled risk of heart failure, according to a 12-year study in more than 4,000 people presented today at the ESC Congress in Barcelona.
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Probing the causes of sudden death in people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathyImperial College London | Professor Sanjay Prasad
Dr Sanjay Prasad and his team have been awarded a grant to understand the inherited condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. This heart problem affects one in 500 people and is the most common cause of sudden death in young people. People ...
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Testing a new treatment option for people with a specific form of heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
Understanding different types of heart failure and testing new drugs could reveal new treatment options for these patients, and help them feel better and live longer. Between a third and a half of people with heart failure have 'Heart Failu...
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Collaborating with European scientists to find treatment targets for heart failureKing's College London | Professor Manuel Mayr
BHF Professor Manuel Mayr and his team at King’s College London are leaders in the high-tech field of cardiovascular proteomics. This is the study of all the proteins – called the proteome – in cells of the heart and blood stream. This gran...