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University of Leicester | Dr David Adlam

Heart failure affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. It occurs when the heart lacks the power to pump strongly, so oxygen isn’t circulated quickly enough to keep up with the body’s demands. This is a debilitating condition and l...

106-year-old fundraiser, Joan Willett, is honoured with the Prime Minister's Point of Light award for raising over £60,000 for the BHF in the lead up to her 104th birthday

1500 Irish League footballers and coaches and 10,000 supporters in Northern Ireland will learn vital lifesaving skills during Heart Month in February. The Northern Ireland Football League (NIFL) has teamed up with the British Heart Foundation Northern Ireland (BHF NI) to promote the charity’s free and innovative online CPR training tool RevivR.

Stroke survivor, Phill Collis, shares some simple tips on adapting exercise after a stroke.

We have helped train 500 Virgin Media staff in CPR and equip their vans with mobile defibrillators.

Victoria Meynell, a cardiac nurse who works in the British Heart Foundation’s Health Service Engagement Team, reflects on her week on the NHS frontline where she cared for patients affected by coronavirus.

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University of Edinburgh | Professor Nicholas Mills

This team of cardiologists think a highly sensitive blood test could help to detect people who are at risk of a future heart attack. Most people attending the emergency department with chest pain will have a blood test to measure troponin,...

Campaigners met at Downing Street yesterday to urge the Government to address the “worst heart care crisis in living memory”.

Accommodation and food service workers are more likely to smoke than workers in any other UK industry, according to new statistics released by the British Heart Foundation ahead of No Smoking Day on 11th March.

Read our top tips for travelling abroad with a heart condition. From planning a trip, to packing and staying safe once you've arrived.