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British Heart Foundation

Index British Heart Foundation

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is a charity organisation in the United Kingdom. [1]

49 relations: Action on Smoking and Health, Alzheimer's Society, American Heart Association, Animal Aid, BBC News Online, BDORT, Cancer Research UK, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cardiovascular disease, Charitable organization, Charity shop, Circulatory system, Claygate, Congenital heart defect, Defibrillation, Discovery Home & Health, Donation, EBay, England, Gift Aid, Health department, Health professional, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Heart failure, Heart Protection Study, Imperial College London, Information Commissioner's Office, King's College London, London, Management, Mortality rate, National Heart Foundation of Australia, National Wear Red Day, Parkinson's UK, Saving Londoners' Lives, Scotland, Skipping rope, The Three Rs, Twofour, United Kingdom, United OneHeart Foundation, University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Oxford, Victoria Wood, Volunteering, Wales, Will and testament.

Action on Smoking and Health

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is the name of a number of autonomous pressure groups (charities) that seek to publicise the risks associated with tobacco smoking and campaign for greater restrictions on cigarette and tobacco sales.

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Alzheimer's Society

Alzheimer's Society is a United Kingdom care and research charity for people with dementia and their carers.

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American Heart Association

The American Heart Association (AHA) is a non-profit organization in the United States that fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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Animal Aid

Animal Aid, founded in 1977 by Jean Pink, is a British animal rights organisation.

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BBC News Online

BBC News Online is the website of BBC News, the division of the BBC responsible for newsgathering and production.

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BDORT

The Bi-Digital O-Ring Test (BDORT), characterized as a form of applied kinesiology, is a patented alternative medicine diagnostic procedure in which a patient forms an 'O' with his or her fingers, and the diagnostician subjectively evaluates the patient's health according to the patient's finger strength as the diagnostician tries to pry them apart.

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Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund.

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure that combines chest compressions often with artificial ventilation in an effort to manually preserve intact brain function until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous blood circulation and breathing in a person who is in cardiac arrest.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

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Charitable organization

A charitable organization or charity is a non-profit organization (NPO) whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. charitable, educational, religious, or other activities serving the public interest or common good).

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Charity shop

A charity shop or thrift shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.

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Circulatory system

The circulatory system, also called the cardiovascular system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis.

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Claygate

Claygate is a suburban village in Surrey, England, 13 miles south-west of central London.

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Congenital heart defect

A congenital heart defect (CHD), also known as a congenital heart anomaly or congenital heart disease, is a problem in the structure of the heart that is present at birth.

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Defibrillation

Defibrillation is a treatment for life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias, specifically ventricular fibrillation (VF) and non-perfusing ventricular tachycardia (VT).

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Discovery Home & Health

Discovery Home & Health is a television channel based in the United Kingdom.

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Donation

A donation is a gift for charity, humanitarian aid, or to benefit a cause.

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EBay

eBay Inc. is a multinational e-commerce corporation based in San Jose, California that facilitates consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer sales through its website.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Gift Aid

Gift Aid is a UK tax incentive that enables tax-effective giving by individuals to charities in the United Kingdom.

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Health department

A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry.

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Health professional

A health professional, health practitioner or healthcare provider (sometimes simply "provider") is an individual who provides preventive, curative, promotional or rehabilitative health care services in a systematic way to people, families or communities.

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Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, branded since November 2016 as Heart & Stroke, is a Canadian charity dedicated to advocacy, education, and the funding of research surrounding heart disease and stroke.

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Heart failure

Heart failure (HF), often referred to as congestive heart failure (CHF), is when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs.

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Heart Protection Study

The Heart Protection Study was a large randomized controlled trial run by the Clinical Trial Service Unit, and funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in the United Kingdom.

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Imperial College London

Imperial College London (officially Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom.

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Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO; stylised as ico.) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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King's College London

King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, and a founding constituent college of the federal University of London.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Management

Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.

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Mortality rate

Mortality rate, or death rate, is a measure of the number of deaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.

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National Heart Foundation of Australia

The National Heart Foundation of Australia (known as the Heart Foundation) is a charity established in 1959.

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National Wear Red Day

National Wear Red Day is a day in February when many people wear red to show their support for the awareness of heart disease.

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Parkinson's UK

Parkinson's UK is a Parkinson's research and support charity in the United Kingdom.

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Saving Londoners' Lives

Saving Londoners’ Lives (SLL) is a project with the aim of increasing the number of people in London with emergency life support (ELS) skills by training school children.

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Scotland

Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.

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Skipping rope

A skipping rope (British English) or jump rope (American English) is a tool used in the sport of jump rope where one or more participants jump over a rope swung so that it passes under their feet and over their heads.

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The Three Rs

The Three Rs (3Rs) in relation to science are guiding principles for more ethical use of animals in testing.

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Twofour

Twofour is a UK independent media group that was founded in 1989 by Charles Wace, a former TV news producer.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United OneHeart Foundation

United OneHeart Foundation is a non-profit research and development organisation.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh (abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals), founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities.

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University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow (Oilthigh Ghlaschu; Universitas Glasguensis; abbreviated as Glas. in post-nominals) is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood, (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, singer and songwriter, screenwriter, producer and director.

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Volunteering

Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial or social gain "to benefit another person, group or organization".

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Will and testament

A will or testament is a legal document by which a person, the testator, expresses their wishes as to how their property is to be distributed at death, and names one or more persons, the executor, to manage the estate until its final distribution.

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Redirects here:

BHF, Dechox, Jump Rope For Heart.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Heart_Foundation

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