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Distinguished research leader, Professor Sir Nilesh Samani, to step down as our Medical Director

2 February 2023

Photograph of Professor Sir Nilesh Samani smiling at the camera

CPR and defibrillators

Only half of UK adults confident they could perform CPR on a loved one

1 February 2023

People performing CPR on a chest

CPR and defibrillators

Save a life like Sarah's this Heart Month

1 February 2023

Image of woman, daughter and husband sitting on a fountain

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Sugar levy shows potential to reduce obesity levels

30 January 2023

Sugar on a spoon

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BHF responds to NHS England plan to recover urgent and emergency care services

30 January 2023

An ambulance drives into a covered porch area at an A&E department

Science

Anti-ageing gene shown to rewind heart age by 10 years

23 January 2023

Heart DNA

BHF shops

The volunteer who planned to stay two weeks, celebrates 24 years as a BHF manager

23 January 2023

Two badges on a surface. One reading 'Jojo Mills, Manager, joined the team in 1998, beating heart disease together'. The second reading 'British Heart Foundation, 20 years long service.'

Science

500,000 missed out on blood pressure lowering drugs during pandemic

19 January 2023

Blood pressure drugs

CPR and defibrillators

BHF supports Virgin Media O2's rollout of defibrillators and CPR training

19 January 2023

BHF and O2 representatives

Science

Ten-minute scan to detect and cure the most common cause of high blood pressure

16 January 2023

Blood pressure measurement

BHF comment

NICE recommends statins should be a choice for more people to prevent heart attacks and strokes

13 January 2023

A photograph of a packet of statins, with one strip of tablets sat on top of the box and 3 single tablets next to the box

BHF comment

BHF responds to ‘distressing’ average ambulance response times for heart attacks and strokes

12 January 2023

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