British Heart Foundation
Health
Smartphone ECG could be used in A&E to detect serious heart conditions
Palpitations make you feel like your heart is beating too hard or too fast, skipping a beat, or fluttering. They can be bothersome or...
Health
Statins reduce heart attack and stroke risk in older people
Statins work by lowering cholesterol. They are one of the most widely prescribed drugs in the UK, based on a wealth of evidence that...
Lifestyle
UK consumes 13,000 tonnes of chocolate each week
Chocolate is a passion! You don’t just nibble or eat chocolate, you savor, experience, live and at times, reluctantly share chocolate.
In UK, many chocoholics...
Lifestyle
People are ready to leave the UK if there was a chocolate ban
Chocolate is on the tip of everyone's tongue – not only as a gently melting treat. Every time we taste chocolate, it is a wonderful...
Health
Study in Birmingham could lead to better detection of people with irregular heart rhythm
Atrial fibrillation (also called AFib or AF) is a quivering or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) that can lead to blood clots, stroke, heart failure, and...
Health
Study offers possible explanation for broken heart syndrome
BHF scientists have recently made a key revelation the body’s own immune system plays a vital role in the mysterious heart condition i.e., broken heart...
Health
Fish genes hold key to repairing damaged hearts
A surprising discovery by the British Heart Foundation suggests that Mexican tetra fish can repair its heart after damage. In particular, a gene called lrrc10 may...
Health
High blood pressure, smoking and diabetes increase heart attack risk more in women
Men usually have a more serious danger of heart assault than ladies, yet a few investigations have proposed that specific hazard factors have a greater...
Health
How ambulance crews can improve heart attack diagnosis?
Scientists at the Kingston University and St George's, University of London, in collaboration with Swansea University and the University of Leeds have carried out a...
Health
New tool to spot deadly sepsis in people who have heart failure
Sepsis is a potentially life-threatening complication of an infection. It occurs when chemicals released into the bloodstream to fight the infection trigger inflammatory responses...