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Rebecca's story: "I thought I was having a heart attack but pushed that thought away"
Rebecca tells us how she wrote off her chest pain for a day while having a heart attack.
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Red wine molecule offers new high blood pressure hope
A new treatment for high blood pressure could be on the horizon after BHF-funded scientists today revealed how a molecule found in red wine causes drops in blood pressure.
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BHF’s gender pay gap closed further in 2020, shows new report
British Heart Foundation shares its Gender Pay Report for 2020, demonstrating that the pay gap has continued to close.
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How writing about your health problems can help your recovery
After a heart event, it can be hard to open up to the people around you. We discuss the benefits of writing about your experience and how to get started.
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What should my heart rate be when I exercise?
Find out why knowing your target heart rate is important when exercising, and how to calculate it.
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Halting the build-up of plaques in our arteries to prevent heart attacks and strokesUniversity of Sheffield | Professor Paul Evans
Heart attacks and strokes happen when areas of fatty build-up within our arteries, known as plaques, rupture. As blood flows through our circulatory system, it creates friction on the wall of the blood vessels which can be sensed by the cel...
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Understanding the role of hibernating cells in atherosclerosisUniversity of Cambridge | Dr Murray Clarke
Atherosclerosis is the build-up of fatty material inside arteries, and it causes most heart attacks and strokes. An important process in atherosclerosis is inflammation within the blood vessel wall. This is thought to be caused in part by d...
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Can stem cells grown in the lab be developed into beating heart cells to repair damaged hearts?University of Oxford | Professor Carolyn Carr
Currently, we cannot repair damaged heart tissue, such as after a heart attack, which means the heart doesn’t work as effectively. This can lead to heart failure – a potentially debilitating condition that affects over 750,000 people in the...
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Heart attack blood test allows healthy patients to go home earlier
An early rule-out pathway for heart attack reduces length of stay and hospital admissions according to research presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Paris.