If you have trouble going number two, chances are someone will suggest downing a few cups of prune juice or eating a handful of prunes to get things going. It may sound like an old wives tale, but ...

Prunes are a tasty snack, and they may offer health benefits beyond a sweet treat. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Prunes are plums that have been dehydrated for preservation purposes. Sometimes ...

Eating prunes has been long known to keep your toilet trips regular, but scientists have found another benefit of these dried fruit snacks. Prunes have been linked to improved bone structure and ...

Dried plums on a white plate with a wooden spoon Eating prunes daily may protect against bone loss, osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Your grandparents were right. Eating prunes daily is good for ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (KDKA) -- Eating prunes daily may preserve bone density and strength in older women, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. The study, published in Osteoporosis ...

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 ...

Even among those who know about and, indeed, love dried fruit, there may still be some confusion about the differences between prunes and dates. While they may look similar at first glance (they're ...

Back in the 1940s, prunes were one of the main crops in our Napa Valley. There were three types of prunes: French prunes, a small prune; Imperial prunes, large and meaty; and Sugar prunes, which were ...

WASHINGTON — Prunes by any other name would taste the same. But they might sell better. Plum growers have won permission from the government to start calling prunes “dried plums,” and packages with ...