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Scientists part-funded by us at King’s College London have identified a gene that in women is linked to the creation and location of new fat cells and is thought to contribute to a person's risk of type 2 diabetes.

Statins do not cause the majority of the conditions that have been listed in their package leaflets, according to the most comprehensive review of side effects

There have been around 10,000 smoking-related heart deaths in under a year as Tobacco and Vapes Bill stalls in Parliament. We are therefore calling on the Government to urgently progress the Tobacco and Vapes Bill through Parliament.

The Reimagining Help Guide aims to diversify sources of help outside of hospital, with the aim of enabling people with long term health conditions to take control and ensure they live well.

We are urging the Government to press on with plans to restrict junk food advertising on TV and online.

A major review, led by BHF Professor Sir Rory Collins and published in The Lancet, suggests the benefits of statins have been underestimated and their potential harms exaggerated, due to failings in acknowledging the evidence from randomised trials and the limitations of other types of studies.

BHF-funded researchers carried out a study to find out how to help people quit smoking successfully – should they cut down gradually or quit ‘cold turkey’?

A quarter of Brits say their top fitness goal this spring and summer is simply to enjoy themselves, a recent survey by the British Heart Foundation found.

Studying the brain could help us to better understand, and control, high blood pressure. Find out more about the latest blood pressure research.

Ann Simpson shares what it’s like to have TAVI – a life-enhancing procedure to treat heart valve disease.