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To celebrate our 60th birthday, we asked BHF researchers past and present to send us images that told the story of our research and advances in healthcare over the past 60 years

BHF-funded research highlights the importance of managing blood pressure throughout our lifetimes.

A heart attack survivor is the first person to receive groundbreaking gene therapy which aims to prevent coronary artery bypass grafts failing. The clinical trial now underway in Glasgow is the result of many years of research, much of it funded by us.

Stop smoking and reap the financial and health benefits for years to come, as our three ex-smokers have found. Read more.

Chemotherapy can be used to cure cancer, to relieve its symptoms or to reduce the risk of cancer re-occurring, but in high doses it can damage the heart.

A fear of side effects of statins can put people off taking them, but now BHF research shows that people experience the same side effects when taking a dummy pill.

A stroke happens when the blood supply to part of your brain is cut off, causing your brain cells to become damaged or die. Find out more about stroke and heart and circulatory disease.

Terms and conditions for participants of regional BHF events.

NCDs (such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, lung disease, and liver disease) are responsible for at least 20,000 deaths every year in Wales - more than half of all deaths. But, as research progresses, the BHF have come to understand that many of these deaths and morbidities can be prevented.

Our senior Dietitian talks about whether we should be drinking red wine for its heart health benefits.