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Professor Sanjay Sharma uses his funding from the BHF to help answer big questions about the heart health of athletes.

In terms of what the British Heart Foundation funds, the clue is in the name, but there’s more to us than just the heart. Our research delves into all sorts of diseases. Here are a few new projects we’re excited to watch unfold.

People with kidney failure are many times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population and have a higher risk of dying as a result, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) published today in the European Heart Journal.

The number of people living with atrial fibrillation – a dangerous heart rhythm condition and a major cause of stroke – has increased by 72 per cent in England over the last two decades, according to research we've funded.

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University of Leicester | Professor Anthony Gershlick

Total blockage of a coronary artery, or chronic total occlusion (CTO), causes painful angina. Around 30 per cent of people with CTO cannot be adequately treated by current therapy. Professor Anthony Gershlick from the University of Leiceste...

Mae tua 340,000 o bobl yng Nghymru’n byw gyda chlefydau’r galon a chylchrediad y gwaed. Eich cefnogaeth chi sy’n gyrru ein gwaith ymchwil a’r gwaith arall a wnawn yng Nghymru. Bydd pob munud o’ch amser a phob rhodd yn helpu i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau pobl.

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