Stroke Catalyst set to speed up search for prevention and treatments. The initiative is a five-year partnership between us, our BHF Data Science Centre, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), and the Stroke Association. https://t.co/rQYV9wg5sN
For the first time, in a study part-funded by us, researchers have identified specific regions of the brain that are damaged by high blood pressure and may contribute to a decline in mental processes and the development of dementia. https://t.co/MNGdiTr9mr
Each day in the UK, around 13 babies are diagnosed with a congenital heart defect – a condition that develops in the womb before the baby is born. Scientists are keen to understand why this happens and one key to this is studying how the heart develops. https://t.co/VPW9xiR3SN
🗣❤️ Heart Hero Awards 2023 - Nominations Open! Our annual Heart Hero Awards ceremony celebrates those who have shown remarkable bravery or gone above and beyond to help others while coping with devastating impact of heart and circulatory disease. https://t.co/Bw7nPAi2h0
🗣❤️ Heart Hero Awards 2023 - Nominations Open! Our annual Heart Hero Awards ceremony celebrates those who have shown remarkable bravery or gone above and beyond to help others while coping with devastating impact of heart and circulatory disease. https://t.co/Bw7nPAi2h0
On the 23rd of April, Zip World will be celebrating 10 years of the world’s fastest zip line, in Wales. To mark this special day, they will be attempting to put a record-breaking 1000 people down the zip line! Get in touch if you're interested!
The study provides evidence for a causal relationship between female reproductive factors and a range of heart and circulatory diseases, including atrial fibrillation (irregular heart rate), coronary heart disease, heart failure, and stroke. https://t.co/6aJS8o5vsv
Over half (53%) of Brits are not confident performing CPR, despite one in five (20%) having been in a situation where they needed to perform it and 46% knowing someone who has had a cardiac arrest. https://t.co/JBUZxw9Yqm
Did you know that The Great British Bake Off winner, Dr Syabira Yusoff, is also a BHF-funded scientist? She reveals how she finds time to bake alongside her research.
https://t.co/8mk0kz6jj2
This Heart Month, PureGym has ensured its gym-goers have access to a defibrillator in its 340+ gyms to help improve cardiac arrest survival rates in the UK.
https://t.co/Z7Kcn7tFp8
Our BHF fundraising groups are the lifeblood of our organisation. They are our regular fundraisers, our community ambassadors and our local heroes. If you'd like to get involved and help support the work of the BHF in your local area, please get in touch. https://t.co/YeVFnIbHDN
Could you hold a 'Hearty Breakfast' with your friends this weekend? It's not too late to make a difference this #HeartMonth and raise a small but mighty donation to help fund the BHF's life-saving research.
The wonderful Mattioli Woods Marketing team are stepping up and indeed out at the end of March by doing a Half Marathon walk along the Norfolk Coastal path! You can support by donating to https://t.co/gJbkFspHJo - get in touch if you fancy fundraising for @theBHF
We would like to welcome MAN V FAT to the BHF family this Heart Month! We have teamed up for the next two years to raise funds that will power the next medical breakthroughs and teach their members lifesaving skills. You can find out more here: https://t.co/tV6tDFjCTb
Just half of people (51 per cent) in the UK say they would be able to perform CPR if a loved one had a sudden cardiac arrest in front of them, despite latest data showing that around 80 per cent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in the home.
https://t.co/JBbJOvo0bj
An anti-ageing gene discovered in centenarians has been shown to rewind the heart’s biological age by ten years, according to BHF funded research. https://t.co/HxPxyidp8b
Hope for the first treatment for strokes linked to dementia. Two cheap and common drugs could be re-purposed as the first specific treatment for people who experience a type of stroke linked to nearly half of all dementias.
https://t.co/eC7542rEvi