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About British Heart Foundation
We’re the British Heart Foundation and we fund research to beat the world’s biggest killers.
We fund over £100 million of research each year into all heart and circulatory diseases and the things that cause them. Heart diseases. Stroke. Vascular Dementia. Diabetes. They’re all connected, and they’re all under our microscope.
We fund around £100 million of life saving research every year. Today, we are funding thousands of research projects around the UK that are fighting heart and circulatory diseases.
We also help millions of people every year with our up to date information about heart and circulatory diseases so the UK public are better informed. We work hard to protect heart health and fight for better services for heart patients – communicating with politicians, government officials, workplaces and schools.
Single Pill Proves More Effective at Preventing Further Heart Attack or Stroke
August 30 2022
A single pill containing medication to lower cholesterol and blood pressure and stop clotting is […]
£30m for Scientists to Rewrite DNA to Cure Killer Heart Diseases
August 1 2022
An injectable cure for inherited heart muscle conditions that can kill young people in the […]
Diabetes Patients Set to Benefit From Heart Disease Data Investment
July 8 2022
People living with diabetes could be set to benefit from a major research initiative to […]
Blood Vessel Breakthrough Major Step Towards Alzheimers Treatment
June 22 2022
A breakthrough in our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease has revealed changes to blood vessels in […]
New AI Tool Is Better at Spotting Heart Failure Than Current Tests
June 16 2022
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool can help diagnose acute heart failure more accurately than […]
Spending Less Time Watching TV Could Cut Coronary Heart Disease Risk
May 25 2022
Watching too much TV is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless […]
Tribute to His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh at Heart of Steel
May 16 2022
We’ve recognised the lifelong contributions of our Royal Patron, The Prince Philip HRH Duke of […]
New BHF Chief Technology Officer Appointed
March 21 2022
British Heart Foundation are delighted to have appointed Alex Duncan as their new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Alex, who is […]
New Clot Busting Drug Could Improve Stroke Treatment
November 16 2021
A new clot busting drug developed by scientists at the University of Manchester is able […]
NHS Offers Home Blood Pressure Checks to Save Thousands of Lives
November 3 2021
Hundreds of thousands of people will be able to test their blood pressure at home, […]
BHF Teams Up With The Francis Crick Institute to Bolster Cardiovascular Research
October 28 2021
BHF have teamed up with the Francis Crick Institute to improve understanding of cardiovascular health […]
New Technique Makes Heart Transplant Possible for More Children in Need
October 18 2021
A new technique developed by researchers BHF funded at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children […]
BHF Research Could Help Detect Early Signs of Heart Failure in Diabetic Patients
October 6 2021
New research that BHF have funded in Leicester could help understand how heart failure can […]
Researchers Investigate New Treatment for Diabetes to Combat Sight Loss
September 22 2021
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are investigating a new treatment for diabetes which they […]
Drug Could Help Hearts Recover After Heart Attack
September 7 2021
A drug used to treat certain cancers could improve recovery after a heart attack by […]
AI Breakthrough for Faster, Cheaper and Injection-free Heart Scans
August 10 2021
New artificial intelligence (AI) technology could lead to the next generation of heart MRI scans […]
New Research to Study Benefits of Personalised Pacemaker Programming
May 13 2021
Researchers BHF have funded at the University of Leeds will investigate how people living with […]
3D Heart Scans to Give Faster Treatment
May 11 2021
People in England with coronary heart disease will be seen, diagnosed and treated up to […]
Genes Responsible for High Blood Pressure Discovered in the Human Kidney
May 7 2021
Research that the British Heart Foundation part-funded has led to the discovery of 179 kidney […]
Glowing Probe Could Diagnose Cardiovascular Disease Earlier
May 6 2021
Researchers have created a probe that glows when it detects an enzyme associated with issues […]
Antiparasitic Drug Could Prevent Coronavirus Lung Damage
April 7 2021
A common antiparasitic drug could block lung damage in people with coronavirus, according to new […]
New Clues Point to New 'Silent' Stroke Treatments
March 26 2021
Scientists have identified new genetic clues in people who’ve had small and often apparently ‘silent’ […]