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How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk marker

  • Written by Mary J. Scourboutakos, Adjunct Assistant Professor in Family and Community Medicine, Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
How C-reactive protein outpaced ‘bad’ cholesterol as leading heart disease risk markerBlood vessel damage from fatty and high-sugar diets leads to inflammation, which can be detected by measuring C-reactive protein.Mohammed Haneefa Nizamudeen/iStock via Getty Images Plus

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...

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