10 December 2018
A service in the West Midlands that identifies people living with familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) has diagnosed 131 people living with the life-limiting inherited condition since launching last year.
8 December 2018
New research suggests that proper adherence to stains and higher doses for those at high risk would prevent thousands of heart attacks and strokes
7 December 2018
New research published in Nature this month reveals a baboon transplanted with a genetically-modified pig heart can survive for up to six months – the longest recorded survival in history.
6 December 2018
UK adults spend £85 on Christmas party outfits but most will only be worn once.
6 December 2018
Penny Lancaster visits the Royal Brompton Hospital to support the British Heart Foundation’s Christmas campaign to fund research to keep more families together
6 December 2018
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced that the 100,000 Genomes Project, led by Genomics England in partnership with NHS England, has reached its goal of sequencing 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients.
5 December 2018
The Office for Life Sciences has launched a new programme which aims to detect diseases earlier
4 December 2018
The British Heart Foundation responds to the latest Health Survey for England on childhood obesity.
30 November 2018
Vicky Burton, from Lincolnshire, has raised more than £5,000 towards our research into heart and circulatory conditions.
30 November 2018
Simon Gillespie has been recognised as one of CEO Today magazine's CEOs of the year and won the CharrityComms Inspiring Communicator Award