What are blood sugar levels? We all need some sugar in our blood called glucose, to provide our cells with energy. We get glucose from the food and drinks we consume. After we eat, a hormone called ...

If you have a heart or circulatory condition, or you care for someone who does, you can speak to a cardiac nurse on our Heart Helpline. Heart Matters is our award-winning magazine featuring healthy ...

We’ve streamlined and modernised our schemes to provide clearer pathways for career progression, greater flexibility, and ...

Blood pressure is the pressure of blood in your arteries. Your arteries are the vessels (tubes) that carry blood from your heart to your brain and the rest of your body. You need a certain amount of ...

We are delighted to be partnering with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) as they launch a consortium for a £50million challenge which seeks to address inequalities in ...

Victoria Taylor, Senior Dietitian at the BHF, says: Yes, peanuts are as good as other nuts. What’s different about peanuts is that they grow under the ground, not on trees like other nuts. They come ...

Like other funding organisations, we are accountable to our stakeholders, and therefore we need to monitor the outcomes of the research we fund on a regular basis. It is also important that we can ...

Just 11 minutes a day of moderate physical activity, such as brisk walking, lowers the risk of an early death, according to researchers from the University of Cambridge. The researchers looked at more ...

Read the most comprehensive statistics on the effects, prevention, treatment, and costs of heart and circulatory diseases in the UK ...

Give cheese on toast a miss and instead use sliced or mashed avocado to top wholegrain toast or crumpets. This quick snack is rich in unsaturated, rather than saturated, fats. Try a sprinkle of seeds ...

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BHF has introduced a policy on diversity in research design, setting clearer expectations that, wherever possible, the ...