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Find the facts on chocolate’s health effects, from calories and cravings to blood pressure and portion size. Plus, healthier swaps.

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University of Oxford | Professor Claudia Monaco

White blood cells involved in inflammation play a key role in the development of fatty plaques that form in our arteries (atherosclerosis). Some white blood cells, called macrophages and monocytes, are controlled by many checkpoints to reg...

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University of Edinburgh | Professor A Mark Evans

In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), higher levels of a hormone called angiotensin II promote PAH because they cause the smooth muscle cells that line the wall of the lung arteries to contract, raising the pressure in these vessels. Hi...

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