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"I flatlined for four and a half minutes - my mom thought she was going to lose her son"

9 February 2024

Matt Pohlson

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Average ambulance waits for heart attacks and strokes over double target

9 February 2024

This image shows an ambulance waiting outside A&E.

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BHF NI welcomes the return of Stormont Assembly to prioritise heart disease care

6 February 2024

Fearghal McKinney

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Heart waiting lists at the highest level on record in Scotland

6 February 2024

A woman in blue scrubs has her back to the camera and is pushing a hospital trolley along a white hospital corridor

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Pop legends S Club learn CPR with pupils at London school

5 February 2024

S Club posing with BHF cushions

Survival and support

Over 23 million UK adults haven’t learnt the lifesaving skill of CPR

1 February 2024

Learning CPR on dummy

Science

Blood pressure variability could predict heart attack and stroke

31 January 2024

An image of a blood pressure monitor.

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Government moves ahead with plans to create a smokefree generation

29 January 2024

Man holding a vape and some cigarettes

Science

Act on mystery chest pain to reduce risk of heart attack, researchers urge

23 January 2024

A photograph of a man in a grey t-shirt clutching his chest with both hands to show he is in pain. We can only see from the bottom of the man's chin to his waist. There is a red tint on the image where he is clutching - where his heart is.

Survival and support

Early heart disease deaths rise to 14-year high

22 January 2024

A photograph of an empty hospital bed in a dimly lit ward. There are two pillows sat on top of the bed with blue bedding covering the rest of the bed. There is a wheelchair sat empty on one side of the bed and a screen to monitor a patients' vital signs on the other above a table.

Fundraising

Make 2024 a year to be proud of

12 January 2024

Three women in wet suits running out the sea

Science

Study finds Takotsubo syndrome patients failed by current treatment

11 January 2024

A man clutches his chest with both hands

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