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Tailored, earlier heart failure rehab has physical, emotional benefits for patients

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NIH-funded clinical trial improved frailty, depression and overall quality of life An innovative cardiac rehabilitation intervention started earlier and more custom-tailored to the individual improved physical function, frailty, quality-of-life, and depression in hospitalized heart failure patients, compared to traditional rehabilitation programs.

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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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