Topic: British Heart Foundation

Woman enjoying a cup of tea (pic: Getty) . . Heart disease rates could be reduced by 10% if everyone took to drinking large amounts of tea, a study...
Tweet . The reduction has been attributed, in part, to fewer people smoking and better management of risk factors such as high blood pressure and...
Heart Attack (pic: Getty) . . Heart attack deaths have halved over a decade, according to research.. Advertisement >> . Experts welcomed the drop...

Heart attack deaths fall by 50%

Heart attack deaths are half the 2002 level, with better NHS care and fewer people smoking said to be major factors. Photograph: Alamy . The number...
A COMPANY has come to the rescue of a charity hit by burglars. . . Staff at insurance firm Hiscox in Middleborough, Colchester, held a collection...
THE bereaved are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack within a day of losing a loved one, according to research.. . And the study found that...

Is chocolate good for your heart? It depends

PARIS (Reuters) - Chocolate may be good for the heart but cardiologists are not giving you a license to indulge.New research presented at Europe's biggest medical meeting Monday suggested chocolate consumption might be associated with a one third reduction in the ...

Scientists look to stem cells to mend broken hearts

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britain's leading heart charity launched a 50 million pound ($80 million) research project on Tuesday into the potential of stem cells to regenerate heart tissue and "mend broken hearts".Scientists leading the work for the British Heart Foundation ...

Warner Bros to merge its marketing and PR teams

UK to restructure its public relations (PR) and marketing teams in Great Britain in March 2010 in order to create an integrated department to manage the life cycle of its content through games, disc format for retail as well as theatrical release ...

Charities cautious over use of comparative ads

The article reports on the statement issued by charity marketing experts noting that charities should only use comparative advertisements after careful consideration or risk creating divisions in the sector in Great Britain. The warning follows a change to the Committee of Advertising ...