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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.

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

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

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

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.

Demand for our information and support Helpline has soared amid ongoing delays to people's heart care.

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’.

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

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Queen Mary, University of London | Professor Carol Shoulders

Professor Carol Shoulders and her team at Queen Mary, University of London are identifying changes in DNA that put people at higher risk of heart and circulatory disease, and if there are ways they can lower their risk. Phytosterols are ch...