Dear Doctor: A news report recently said that statins are underused. I’m 50 with normal cholesterol. Should I take one just in case? Dear Reader: Statins, which are a type of cholesterol-lowering ...

Further, although serum ferritin is recognized as a proinflammatory biomarker that is frequently elevated in a variety of autoimmune disorders, the role it plays in AAV still needs to be elucidated.

In their paper, Bogaty and colleagues write that considerable intraindividual variability in CRP levels has been found in healthy individuals, but it was unknown whether such variability extended to ...

Ever been to the doctor and had them say something like, “Your CRP levels are a bit high,” and you nodded like you totally knew what that meant? Let’s fix that. CRP stands for C-reactive protein. It’s ...

In a recent study published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers explore the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and vitamin D levels in older adults. Study: Vitamin D status & associations ...