Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, ...

When you experience physical trauma like a wound, injury, or infection, your body attempts to heal through the inflammatory process. The red, swollen, tender skin you’ll notice around an abrasion is ...

Tests like electrocardiograms or a blood test for cholesterol offer good measures of heart health. But the American College of Cardiology’s now recommending another test for a closer look at your risk ...

In a recent study, immune-inflammatory index, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio were associated with infection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children. High ...

Serum C-reactive protein is being investigated as a biomarker to predict adalimumab response in hidradenitis suppurativa patients. Elevated baseline C-reactive protein levels correlate with a reduced ...

Researchers reveal that CRP levels naturally rise after birth, reducing the test’s accuracy in full-term babies but may help identify infection risk in preterm infants. Neonatal EOS, a severe ...

COVID-19 outcomes in patients with a history of breast cancer: A diverse multicenter Los Angeles cohort study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2021 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

C-reactive protein is created by the liver in response to infections, tissue damage, chronic inflammatory states from conditions like autoimmune diseases, and metabolic disturbances like obesity and ...