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The Chancellor announced investments for the NHS and research and development in yesterday’s Spending Review. We were pleased to see health prioritised and hope that this translates into better care for heart patients as well as more funding for lifesaving research.

We are calling for bold Government action to address this public health emergency as we launch a hard-hitting new campaign on air pollution. We are demanding World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines on particulate matter (PM) to be adopted into UK law, and met by 2030.

Technology could help doctors diagnose heart attacks more accurately in Emergency Departments.

Statins save lives – but concerns about side effects can make people reluctant to take them. The SAMSON trial empowered individuals to test for themselves whether taking a statin caused them side effects

Life saving public access defibrillators used in less than one in ten cardiac arrests as tens of thousands remain unregistered.

Heart of Bristol Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Heart of Oxford Business Board is a group of local business leaders who are raising funds to support BHF’s lifesaving research into heart and circulatory diseases.

Whilst the findings indicate a small association between butter consumption and cardiovascular risk, it does not give us the green light to start eating more butter

The average Brit spends five years of their life feeling bored. A survey of 2,000 adults found we succumb to boredom twice a day on average - for a total of two hours every day.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have been awarded £153,000 to study the damage to the smallest vessels of the heart following a heart attack.