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We have awarded scientists nearly £300,000 to scientists at the University of Warwick for a study of tiny fruit fly hearts to help understand how the human heart is formed.

An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots, according to research we've funded and published today in Journal of the American Heart Association.

The Duchess of York, Gemma Atkinson, Luke Pritchard and Vernon Kay among celebrities who honour UK's inspirational Heart Heroes at our Heart Hero Awards

Researchers part-funded by us have discovered a hormone imbalance that explains why it is very difficult to control blood pressure in around 10 per cent of hypertension patients.

Ana Perich, Retail Volunteering Manager, and volunteer Ali Sirrieh, share the important work to support and welcome asylum seekers to the BHF. Read their story.

BHF's bullying, harassment and misconduct policy for our researchers

Our Every Minute Matters campaign celebrate first major milestone this World Heart Day weekend as 90,000 people, enough to fill Wembley stadium, have begun learning CPR since May.

It’s important to know your blood pressure and try to keep it down. But is there a risk in going too low?

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in Manchester.

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