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New study: Eating prunes daily improves risk factors for heart disease and inflammation

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Research evaluates prune consumption among healthy, postmenopausal women New research published in the Journal of Medicinal Food suggests eating prunes each day can improve risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) including raising antioxidant capacity and reducing inflammation among healthy, postmenopausal women.

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Radiology research funding has increased — still no association with citation rate

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While AJR articles were more frequently unfunded, and Radiology articles were more often funded, citation rate was not different between funded vs. unfunded; moreover, funding was not significantly associated with citations Credit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS), American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) Leesburg, VA, September 3, 2020–According (..)

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Existing heart drugs may help cancer patients respond better to PD(L)1 immunotherapy

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Researchers have found that a class of commonly-used heart drugs may also improve patients’ responses to anti-cancer immunotherapies called PD(L)1 inhibitors, according to preliminary findings to be presented at the 32th EORTC-NCI-AACR [1] Symposium on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics, which is taking place online.

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UOC to study whether intermittent fasting slows down ageing in postmenopausal women

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Faculty of Health Sciences researchers Salvador Macip and Marta Massip are leading a three-year research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation Faculty of Health Sciences researchers Salvador Macip and Marta Massip are leading a three-year research project funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation The women included in the (..)

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‘Selfies’ could be used to detect heart disease

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New research uses artificial intelligence to analyse facial photos Credit: European Heart Journal Sending a “selfie” to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way of detecting heart disease, according to the authors of a new study published today (Friday) in the European Heart Journal [1].

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