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Help and advice on heart disease

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  • How your heart works
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Want to stop smoking?

Nicotine patch

Stopping smoking is the single best thing you can do for your heart health.

Help to stop smoking

How we help

Call our Heart helpline on 0300 330 3311

Heart Matters
Heartstart UK
Heart Support Groups
Health at Work
Hearty Lives

Get Involved

Help us keep hearts beating

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  • Join the fight
  • In your area
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  • Mending Broken Hearts Appeal
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London to Brighton Night Ride

L2B Night Ride - rider on beach

Use your pedal power to fight against heart disease – sign up to London to Brighton Night Ride.

Register now

Mending Broken Hearts Appeal

Mending Broken Hearts Appeal

Support our groundbreaking research and help us find a cure for heart failure.

Mending Broken Hearts Appeal

Shop

Visit our shops or shop online

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Cycling Jerseys

Get ready for the London to Brighton bike ride with one of our new cycling jerseys.

Visit our shop

Book a free collection

BHF shop

We'll collect your unwanted furniture and electrical goods to sell in our stores.

Book a free collection
Research

Our pioneering research

In this section
  • Our heart research
  • Where we fund research
  • Our science image competition
  • Help us mend broken hearts
  • Information for researchers
  • Researcher noticeboard
  • Heart statistics

Fighting for every heartbeat

Professor Mark Kearney

Learn how we're fighting for every heartbeat with cutting-edge heart research.

Find out more

Apply for a research grant

Research

Information for researchers
Apply for a research grant
Researcher noticeboard

Community

Share experiences with others

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  • About our online community
  • Community guidelines
  • Discussions
  • Groups
  • How to get social with us
  • Our podcasts
  • Your stories
  • Share your story
In your area

Heart Town launch in Bromley

We're working with UK towns and cities to get communities heart healthy.

Find out about Heart Towns

Our online community

Our online community

Share experiences, stories, tips and ideas in our community.

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About BHF

Our fight for every heartbeat

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  • Who we are
  • What we do
  • Who we work with
  • Where we are
  • Find the BHF near you
  • Our history
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The story so far

50 years of heart health

Explore 50 years of the fight against heart disease and find out where we're going in the future.

Explore our timeline

What we do

What we do

We fund thousands of research projects around the UK that are fighting heart disease.

Learn about our vital work

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  • I'm New Here! 999 reads
  • London to Brighton 2013 - Live 707 reads
  • Depression on Bisoprolol 698 reads
  • Stents: Can you feel them?? 405 reads
  • Nicorandil 20mg 370 reads
  • I'm New Here! 12 comments
  • Depression on Bisoprolol 11 comments
  • Nicorandil 20mg 9 comments
  • Any chance they'll miss it? 8 comments
  • London to Brighton 2013 - Live 8 comments

Most loved posts

  • Welcome to The Women's Room! (4)
  • Sylvia Skinner     After (4)
  • Like you Lorraine I am really (2)
  • What a fantastic idea !!! and (2)
  • Priscilla hope the MRI scan (2)

Discussions

Search discussions

Welcome to our discussions.

We cover lots of different topics like how to prevent heart disease, living with a heart condition or even about our upcoming events. Or you can just relax and have a chat about TV or the latest book you've read in the social (off topic) section.

So take a look around and see what you're interested in.

Topic Discussions Posts Last post
General discussions
Introductions
New to the community? Introduce yourself here.
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3334 Aortic valve replacement (BAV)- ... by Karen Harrison 1 day 4 hours ago
The Social (off topic chat)
A place to chat and relax.
62
430 LONDON TO BRIGHTON FOR BHF by Rachel Nicholson 11/06/2013 - 4:38pm
Feedback on the BHF
Do you think we could do something better? Let us know here.
36
287 Advice on persistent chest ... by colin hancock 6 hours 19 min ago
Community guidelines
Find out do's and don'ts of the BHF community and give us any feedback.
32
167 Stents: Can you feel them?? by Lee Cuff 05/06/2013 - 4:04pm
BHF News
Latest news from the BHF
36
165 Check out our new TV ad by Sarah Barker 07/06/2013 - 10:51am
Heart health
Living with a heart condition
Share your stories and find out about how others are dealing with the day to day of living with a heart condition.
255
2342 Does Anyone Else Suffer with ... by Phil J 16 min ago
Treatments
A place to discuss and ask questions about your treatments.
114
905 Bisoprolol by Anthea Fennell 3 hours 32 min ago
Tests
Got a test coming up and worried about it? Discuss different tests you are having.
38
204 My experience of a pharma ... by JANET EVANS 13/06/2013 - 2:55pm
Conditions
There are many heart conditions, discuss yours or read about other people's experiences.
83
459 New and scared. by Corrinne 16/06/2013 - 5:21pm
Prevention
Talk about how you can keep your heart healthy.
35
181 Secondary Prevention by Carol Hallows 11/06/2013 - 1:04pm
Symptoms
Talk about your symptoms and connect with other people in similar circumstances
76
386 Angina? by Sarah Barker 3 hours 5 min ago
Get involved
Cycling
Here's the place to talk about all things cycling, including our legendary London to Brighton Bike Ride
48
174 London to Brighton 2013 - Live by Kai Kan 46 min 37 sec ago
Fundraising
Holding a fundraising event or want to talk about fundraising for us? This is the discussion for you!
18
47 Sponsored walk for the British ... by Stephen Codd 26/05/2013 - 12:36am
Running
From training plans to trainers, you can talk about everything running-related here - whether your next run is a jog around the park or an ultramarathon!
10
32 Embarking on your next running ... by Lauren Markham 16/06/2013 - 10:04am
Events
Talk about the event you are taking part in for us, get tips and meet others.
15
300 London to Brighton Trek 2013 by Catherine Hobro-Sargeant 18 hours 32 min ago
Volunteering
Are you a volunteer for us or want to be? Talk about volunteering here.
5
13 Does Volunteering From The ... by Michelle Johnson 17/05/2013 - 11:58am
Campaigning
Share your campaigning stories and chat about our latest lobbying and campaigns.
22
63 Threat to smoking ban in Wales by Laura BHF 22/05/2013 - 9:48am
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British Heart Foundation is a registered Charity No. 225971. Registered as a Company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 699547.
Registered office at Greater London House, 180 Hampstead Road, London NW1 7AW. Registered as a Charity in Scotland No. SC039426