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Just one cigarette a day can cause serious heart problems

Among men, half of the risk associated with smoking a pack of 20 comes from just the first cigarette

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Breathing in a nanoparticle spray could prevent heart damage

Preparing a heart valve for storage

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Freeze-dried valves used in animal heart surgery for first time

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Restarting dead people’s hearts lets doctors reuse their organs

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Men in the UK have the highest obesity rates in Europe

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Magnetic cells could fix a broken heart after a heart attack

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Watch this soft robot squeeze a damaged heart to keep it pumping

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Coffee and plant-based diets linked to lower heart failure risk

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Human hearts kept ‘asleep’ in a box can survive outside the body

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Genetic test helps people avoid statins that may cause them pain

Many people who take statins ditch them due to painful side effects. But genetic testing can help choose the right drug, minimising this risk

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Even ‘healthy’ overweight people have a higher cardiac risk

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From statistics to surgery to psychology: Our favourite reads

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Cold comfort: How chilling the lungs could beat heart attacks

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Defibrillator drones could save lives before ambulance arrives