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What is the CRP Test? Which diseases does the CRP Test detect, and at what age is it necessary to get it done?

The CRP test measures the amount of this protein in the blood. Let us explain which diseases the CRP test can detect and ...
Healthline

5 CRP Home Tests to Help Gauge Your Health - Healthline

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 ...
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CRP provides another reason to lose weight and gain heart health

DALLAS, Feb. 5 – Losing weight may lower blood levels of the inflammatory marker called C-reactive protein (CRP), a factor associated with an increased risk of heart disease, according to a report in ...
Medscape

EPR and CRP Predict Adverse Events in COPD Exacerbations

C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and eosinophil-to-platelet ratio (EPR) are significant independent predictors of adverse events in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) ...
CNN

Inflammation appears to do a number on human heart

Inflammation appears to do a number on human heart. NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Doctors are talking more and more about evidence that inflammation has a direct link to heart d ...