CRP Blood Test: The CRP test measures the amount of this protein in the blood. Let us explain which diseases the CRP test can detect and which diseases it can diagnose. What is a CRP test? When to get ...

Whenever we think of the highest marker for heart attack, cholesterol is the name that comes up first. Yet, there’s another blood test that might actually out‑shine cholesterol, in flagging your risk ...

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 ...

A study finds that a blood test that evaluates levels of three compounds — lipoprotein(a), C-reactive protein (a marker of inflammation), and “bad” LDL cholesterol — can accurately reveal heart ...

However, accumulating evidence over the past two decades demonstrates that a biomarker called C-reactive protein – which ...

Lipoprotein(a) appears tied to the risk of major adverse cardiac events, MI, and peripheral artery disease in both primary and secondary prevention populations independent of baseline high-sensitivity ...

Compared with patients in the lowest CRP quartile, those in the highest quartile have increased odds of kidney stones. Elevated levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a nonspecific inflammatory marker, ...