heart attack

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New risk calculator to help save many more lives from heart attack and stroke

14 Jun 2021

A new risk calculator will better predict people at high risk of heart and circulatory diseases years before they strike, and is ready for use across...

Could a vaccine protect us against heart attacks?

20 May 2021

Professor Ziad Mallat and his team have been shortlisted for a £30 million grant from the British Heart Foundation. If successful, atherosclerosis –...

Credit: The District and Jonathan Settle

Patching up a broken heart

16 Jun 2017

It is almost impossible for an injured heart to fully mend itself. Within minutes of being deprived of oxygen – as happens during a heart attack when...

Chemicals found in everyday fruits could minimise organ damage after heart attack and stroke

05 Nov 2014

Scientists have identified chemicals found in some everyday fruit that could protect vital organs from long-term damage following a heart attack or...

Fab fragment of an antibody bound to thrombin, Credit: Jim Huntington

Towards the ‘holy grail’ of anticoagulant drugs

17 Jun 2013

New Cambridge spin-out raises $11 million in funding to develop revolutionary new drug for thrombosis, which causes heart attacks and strokes.

Eating chocolate cuts risk of heart disease

30 Aug 2011

Eating high levels of chocolate could be associated with a significant reduction in the risk of certain cardiovascular disorders, reveals Cambridge...

Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity

21 Mar 2011

An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...

Diabetes doubles risk of heart attack and strokes

25 Jun 2010

Having diabetes doubles the risk of developing a wide range of blood vessel diseases, including heart attacks and different types of stroke...