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Twelve powerful murals have been unveiled by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) to highlight the tragic reality that 12 young people under the age of 35 are lost every week to sudden cardiac death in the UK.

Our charity shops are seeing a rise in younger volunteers, particularly when it comes to ‘micro-volunteering’.

According to the news headlines, drinking green tea could prevent deaths from heart attacks or strokes. We look behind the headlines.

“A faster pace showed positive outcomes for heart disease […], over and above the total number of steps taken,” a newspaper reports. We look behind the headline. 

What time you eat - and even what time you stop eating - could be affecting your health. Senior Dietitian Victoria Taylor investigates.

Since we began 60 years ago, we’ve been training generations of researchers and supporting world-leading scientists to improve people’s lives.

This page describes what an echocardiogram (or echo) is, what happens during an echo and the different types of echo test that you might have.

The number of people being admitted to hospital due to heart failure has risen by a third in the last five years, according to a new analysis by the British Heart Foundation.

Find out how well alternatives to statins like bempedoic acid work and who can be prescribed them under NHS rules.

RESEARCH

University of Leeds | Dr Sreenivasan Ponnambalam

Heart attacks are caused by the development of fatty plaques in coronary arteries which can rupture, causing blood clots that block the blood supply to the heart. While a good diet and regular exercise can reduce our risk of coronary heart ...