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

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.

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.

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

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University of Dundee | Professor Jacob George

A team from the University of Dundee will conduct a clinical trial in patients with high blood pressure, looking particularly at thickening of the heart muscle (left ventricular hypertrophy). Although high blood pressure can be controlled w...

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University of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein

Professor Sven Plein and his team at the University of Leeds, are experts in a diagnostic method called magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The scientists recently demonstrated that this non-invasive scanning method gives a better view of hea...

Olympic silver medallist, Roger Black, shares his journey from being diagnosed with heart disease to earning one of world’s greatest sporting accolades

Corrie’s iconic theme interrupted by flatlining heartbeat and co-branded advert to raise awareness of the British Heart Foundations lifesaving research following Gail Platt's cardiac arrest

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University of Aberdeen | Professor Dana Dawson

Heart disease and the lung condition Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often occur together. But often, people with COPD may not be aware that they have any heart problems. Beta blockers are often used to treat people with he...

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University of Birmingham | Dr Melanie Madhani

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a very common and serious health problem worldwide. When blood pressure – the pressure of blood in the arteries – is consistently high, it puts extra strain on the heart and blood vessels and can lead t...