Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been ...

Bristol, UK - A new genetic study has cast new doubt on the idea that C-reactive protein (CRP) plays a causative role in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease [1]. In a paper published in the ...

Turns out statins are not just about the cholesterol count. It's also about a protein called C-reactive Protein or CRP. (Right, sport. The CRP in your blood.) It's a common protein in plasma, and it ...

MADRID, Spain—Women who lack standard modifiable cardiovascular risk factors (SMuRFs) but have elevated levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) are at increased risk of experiencing ...

Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Protocol Cuts hs-CRP Correlation between reduction in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and hemoglobin A1c Oliver Schnell, MD, from Helmholtz Center Munich, and ...

DEAR DOCTOR K: Both my parents had heart disease, so I'm worried I might get it. A friend said I should get a CRP test, but my doctor hasn't ordered one. Should I ask him about the test? DEAR READER: ...