C Reactive Protein - Articles
Chocolate and C-reactive protein
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Julia O.
Another study has been published extolling the healthful benefits of chocolate. September 30 — A new Italian study has shown, for the first time, that consuming moderate amounts of dark chocolate can significantly reduce levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) [1]. Dr Romina di Giuseppe (Catholic University, Campobasso, Italy) and colleagues rep ...
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Quercetin and C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
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Margaret
I recently read a study with a very long title, The anti-inflammatory flavones quercetin and kaempferol cause inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenase-2 and reactive C-protein, and down-regulation of the nuclear factor kappaB pathway in Chang Liver cells (!), published in the “European Journal of Pharmacology” i ...
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C-Reactive Protein Levels in Multiple Myeloma
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Margaret
Last week a multiple myeloma listserv member posted a ScienceDaily article that initially puzzled me. The article (http://tinyurl.com/2k3acf) begins: Scientists report that a protein best known as a common marker of inflammation plays a key role in the progression of human cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the September issue of [. ...
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What makes C-Reactive Protein so Important?
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Sanjay Kapur
C-reactive protein (CRP) is known to increase when there is inflammation in the body. Inflammation has been linked with atherosclerosis by various different clinical research studies. Therefore, it has been suggested that testing for CRP levels in the blood can help detect an individual’s risk of getting a heart disease. However, there are tw ...
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Which is more important- C Reactive Protein or Cholesterol?
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Sanjay Kapur
... ost of us have been focussed on the cholesterol levels to determine the risk until a recently published study (JUPITER Study) in New England Journal of Medicine reported that C Reactive Protein (CRP) may be a better predictor and an independent marker of cardiovascular risk as opposed to just LDL cholesterol. The study showed that patients with hig ...
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C-Reactive Protein — Should You Get it Tested?
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Total Health Breakthroughs
If you ask your primary care doctor to check your C-reactive protein (CRP), there is a high likelihood you will be told it is not necessary. Even though we know that CRP is a risk factor for heart disease 1 and more and more doctors are testing CRP levels in patients who they consider to be at high risk, testing CRP is not yet recommended for ...
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Women Who Lack Sleep More Prone to...well...everything
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The Body Chronic ..
Researchers have discovered what many women already knew-- women who go without sleep are at a higher risk for complications from the lack of sleep than are men . Blood samples taken from the volunteers were measured for levels of biomarkers associated with increased risk of heart disease and diabetes, including insulin and glucose levels, fibri ...
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Stressed Out Kids Have Higher Heart Risks
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DiseaseProof
As a kid, the hardest life gets is trying to decide whether to play video games, pick your nose or jump on the bed, but a new study in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine reveals teenagers who endure a lot of interpersonal stress, like family problems and harassment by peers, had increased blood levels of C-reactive protein, linked to chronic inflam ...
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Sleep, immune function, cytokines…
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Margaret
Fascinating bit of news. According to a Science Daily article (http://tinyurl.com/bbvgc3), a study, published in February in the journal “Sleep,” shows a link between sleep duration and the production of cytokines…mainly, IL-6 and C-reactive protein or CRP. Okay, that really caught my attention, since both are involved up to th ...
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