Seven in 10 parents (71 per cent) think their children are “active enough” but only one in 10 of their children (10 per cent) say they do the recommended amount of exercise, according to a survey out today from British Heart Foundation (BHF).

Health Minister Edwina Hart will attend the launch of a new initiative to reduce heart disease in Torfaen.
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has awarded £1.5million in funding and resources to Torfaen Local Health Board to tackle heart disease in the area. It comes as part of the health charity’s UK-wide Hearty Lives programme to reduce [...]

On the publication of research in the British Medical Journal looking at the links between migraine and an increased risk of stroke, Ellen Mason, Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation said:

In response to a study in the European Journal of Heart Failure on fish oils and the incidence of heart failure, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Senior Cardiac Nurse June Davison said:
“This study found that eating oily fish did not offer protection against heart failure – although for people with diabetes a possible protective effect was [...]

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are screening up to 400 students from various ethnic groups to gauge their predisposition to heart disease in later life.
Professor Nigel Baber (Clinical Trials Co-ordinating Centre) and Dr Andrew Garrett (School of Life Sciences) have joined forces with researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Cardiff in the British [...]