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BHF partners with ITN Business for news-style In a Heartbeat programme for World Heart Day
We've partnered with ITN Business to produce a news-style programme to raise awareness of heart and circulatory diseases.
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Life insurance with a heart or circulatory condition
Buying life insurance can be difficult if you have a heart or circulatory condition. Learn what life insurance is, how it works, where to find it and more.
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RESEARCH
Ensuring future cardiac stem cell therapies work safely and in tandem with patients’ heart cellsUniversity of Surrey | Dr Patrizia Camelliti
Stem cells show great promise for repairing scarred heart tissue after a heart attack. One option for future therapies is to transplant new heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) that have been made from stem cells, onto the damaged area. For ...
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Air pollution in worst hit areas as deadly as smoking over 150 cigarettes each year
People living in areas of the country that are worst affected by air pollution have an increased risk of death that is on average the equivalent to smoking over 150 cigarettes a year.
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RESEARCH
Devising new tests that better predict which patients with coronary heart disease should receive a stentUniversity of Glasgow | Professor Keith G Oldroyd
Coronary heart disease is caused by blockage in the coronary arteries - the vessels that supply blood to the heart muscle. Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is a method of measuring pressure waves in the coronary artery to estimate the severity...
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Treatments for heart valve disease
Get our quick guide to why you might have heart valve replacement, what it involves and how long it will last.
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Taking ibuprofen with aspirin after a heart attack could increase risk of bleeding, according to study
Combining anti-clotting medication, such as aspirin, with ibuprofen following a heart attack could increase the risk of bleeding and further heart events, according to research.
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Around 31,000 heart and circulatory deaths attributed to excess weight and obesity every year
We are urging the Government to press on with plans to restrict junk food advertising on TV and online.
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RESEARCH
Can activation of AMPK in endothelial cells improve blood vessel health in people with diabetes?University of Glasgow | Dr Ian Salt
Dr Ian Salt and Dr Timothy Palmer at the University of Glasgow have been awarded a grant to investigate the role of a specific set of proteins in endothelial cells. Endothelial cells line blood vessels and are important in maintaining a nor...
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Caring for a heart patient
"Care" can mean a lot of things. There's short-term, long-term, practical, emotional and many other parts to think about. Find out where you can get support while caring for someone and yourself.