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Working with top Israeli researchers to harness the heart’s ability to repair itselfUniversity of Oxford | Professor Paul Riley
A heart attack can cause irreparable damage making the heart less able to pump blood around the body. This is called heart failure and it affects hundreds of thousands of people in the UK. In 2011 BHF Professor Paul Riley and his colleag...
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Looking for ways to protect the kidney in diabetesUniversity of Bristol | Dr Rebecca Foster
Dr Rebecca Foster and her team at the University of Bristol are working out how people with diabetes develop diabetic kidney disease, which is a condition that affects small blood vessels in the kidneys. The cells on the inside of blood ...
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Testing a new treatment option for people with a specific form of heart failureUniversity of Leeds | Professor Sven Plein
Understanding different types of heart failure and testing new drugs could reveal new treatment options for these patients, and help them feel better and live longer. Between a third and a half of people with heart failure have 'Heart Failu...
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A new high-tech heart scan can improve treatments for people with heart diseasesImperial College London | Professor Dudley Pennell
In healthy hearts, the muscle cells are long and thin, and are tightly packed with their neighbours in an ordered pattern. This means that water molecules can travel more easily along the cells than across them. Professor Pennell and his te...
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Managing your weight
Having a healthy weight can reduce your risk of developing heart and circulatory diseases like heart attacks, strokes and vascular dementia. Find out how to measure your weight, what weight you should be and how to reduce your health risks.
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Do weight-loss injections reduce or increase your health risks?
Get the facts on a new study that suggests medicines like Mounjaro and Wegovy may protect against 42 diseases.
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Cardiac arrest - ARREST trial
Where should people who’ve had a cardiac arrest out of hospital be treated? The ARREST trial looked at whether they should be taken to the nearest emergency department or a specialist cardiac arrest centre.
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Women in Scotland under-estimate heart attack risk
A new BHF Scotland report highlights the urgent need to raise awareness of heart disease in women. Every year, ischaemic heart disease, including heart attacks and angina, kills around 2,600 women in Scotland – that’s seven women every day. But too many women are not aware that they are at risk.
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Rapid heart attack tests speed people through emergency care
Research supported by BHF shows that people can find out if they are having a heart attack far faster using innovative tests
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Aortic stenosis: when do you need treatment?
Find out what procedures can improve aortic stenosis symptoms, and who may be offered them.