More than 24,000 people were waiting for a cardiology appointment as of September 2024, a 252% increase on the number waiting ...

Heart Matters magazine Eat well Back to Your nutrition questions Decaf coffee and decaf tea: are they good or bad for you? Tea and coffee are the UK's most popular hot drinks, and more and more people ...

High blood pressure (hypertension) is a major risk factor for heart and circulatory diseases. Alcohol’s effect on blood pressure depends on how much and how often you drink. Alcohol can stop brain ...

What’s most exciting in angina research right now? Angina is a symptom experienced when the blood vessels that supply the heart, the coronary arteries, narrow and not enough blood gets to the heart ...

If you care for someone with vascular dementia you might feel anxious and uncertain about the future. Taking time to plan how you will look after them, and your own needs, can help your loved one to ...

Often mistaken for vegetables, mushrooms are actually fungi. However, nutritionally they are similar to vegetables and count towards your 5-a-day fruit and vegetables portions. Mushrooms can be ...

Read the latest news about our life saving research and find out what we think about the heart health news that's hitting the headlines. If you're a journalist and want to find out more about the BHF ...

Can you have a heart attack without knowing it? A ‘silent heart attack’ is a heart attack that has no symptoms. They’re often only diagnosed weeks, months or years afterwards, during a routine ...