Archives for: Heart Beat
About Professor Hallux’s Heart Beat
Your heart is one of the most important organs in your body but we usually take it for granted! Have...
Atrialventricular Septal Defects
Most of us are lucky enough to have healthy hearts but some people are not quite so lucky. A very common...
Cardiac Arrest
They get on with pumping blood around the body whilst we get on with other things! However, there are...
Anaemia
It’s not enough to have a healthy heart and a sparkling circulation! We have to make sure that the blood...
CHD and Heart Attacks
The heart is a hard working organ and like every other organ, it needs oxygen rich blood too! Special...
Heart Murmurs
One of the most common heart complaints are heart murmurs. Heart murmurs are all to do with the sound of...
Veins, Arteries and Capillaries
It needs to get oxygen and nutrients from the top to the bottom of your body and it manages this with the...
Blood
A heart isn’t much good without lots and lots of blood! But what actually is blood? Let's find...
Healthy Living
What we eat and drink affects our mood, energy levels and shape, but, most importantly, it can have a big...
How does the heart work?
Well, it's actually pretty simple! Inside the heart there are four chambers (two at the top and two at the...