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Correcting Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis Reduces Frailty and Inflammation and Improves Working Memory

Vitamin D supplementation may have effects that go far beyond bone metabolism. In patients with decompensated cirrhosis, correcting vitamin D deficiency is associated with improvements in frailty, mus...

New Strategy Identified to Remove Cholesterol from Vascular Cells and Slow Atherosclerosis

A new study has identified a promising therapeutic pathway to restore the ability of HDL lipoproteins to remove cholesterol from vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs), which are involved in the develop...

New Blood Biomarker Identified That Predicts the Severity of Coronary Artery Disease

A team of researchers from the Sant Pau Research Institute (IR Sant Pau) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has identified a new protein in the blood, EPAC1, as a sensitive and specific ...

Durvalumab With Novel Immunotherapies Improves Progression in Locally Advanced Lung Cancer

Treatment with durvalumab, a PD-L1 inhibitor monoclonal antibody, has become established recently as the standard therapy for patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) wh...

Sant Pau brings health to Festival Cruïlla with CPR and music therapy activities

The Research Institute and Hospital de Sant Pau took part once again in Festival Cruïlla, with the aim of bringing scientific and health knowledge closer to the public in a playful, participatory, an...