SCOUT· 29%32m·2026-09-29·ScienceWhat is heart disease, and how can it be tackled?
Today, in partnership with British Heart Foundation (BHF), we take on the world's biggest killer: heart disease. This episode features BHF's Ruth Goss on why this disease kills so many people; Will Watson at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge on what arterial disease looks like under a microscope; Cathy Shanahan…
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“True story: around 15 years ago, I had really bad acute angina for 30 minutes. I probably had a mild heart attack. That I don't drink, smoke, and was really active at the time. My main risk factor was: what I was eating. I was eating more d…”
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