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Studying real-life experience of taking new anti-clotting drugs with other medicinesLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Dr Angel Yun Sum Wong
Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are a new group of drugs used to prevent blood clots. They are used as an alternative to warfarin. Usually, people taking DOACs are also taking several other medications, which increases the chance of drug...
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How to improve detection of atrial fibrillation with fitness bands and smart watchesUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Peter Charlton
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a condition that causes irregular beating of the upper chambers of the heart. It increases the risk of stroke because a blood clot is more likely to form inside the heart and travel to the brain. AF is undiagnose...
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7 ways to cook with butternut squash
It's autumn and squashes and pumpkins are all around. Here are seven delicious, simple, quick and tasty recipes for the humble squash.
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Understanding why people with diabetes are at increased risk of heart diseaseQueen's University Belfast | Professor David Grieve
Dr David Grieve and his team are working out why high blood glucose levels in people with diabetes can lead to heart and circulatory disease, particularly heart failure. Scientists believe high blood glucose leads to structural changes ...
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Dealing with insomnia: tips to sleep better
We share expert tips to help you sleep better, from winding down to sticking to a bedtime routine.
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Working with top Israeli researchers to harness the heart’s ability to repair itselfUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
A heart attack can cause irreparable damage making the heart less able to pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure and it affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. In 2011 BHF Professor Paul Riley and his colleag...
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Children with heart disease being let down by lack of clinical trials
Less than one per cent of UK children born with congenital heart disease are enrolled in clinical trials looking to improve treatments, according to research we've funded.
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Can MRI scanning during exercise predict heart failure in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension?Imperial College London | Dr Declan O'Regan
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is caused by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries carrying blood to the lungs, which results in damage to the right side of the heart. Symptoms include breathlessness or tiredness, and can lea...
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Spotting and preventing sudden death risk in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Our research has helped to develop a risk prediction tool to spot the risk of sudden cardiac death in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, so it can be prevented.
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Predicting the success of stents and surgery in people with heart failureKing's College London | Professor Divaka Perera
Heart failure caused by narrowing of arteries in the heart is a common form of heart failure in the UK. This either leads to irreversible scarring of the heart muscle or causes the heart muscle to enter a state called myocardial hibernation...