The CRP test measures the level of C-reactive protein in your blood. This protein is produced by your liver, and its level rises when there's inflammation in the body.

CRP, or C-reactive protein, is a test that's been available actually for almost a decade now. It's a marker of inflammation, and many feel that coronary artery disease is in and of itself a ...

The C-reactive protein (CRP) blood test measures inflammation in the body. What does that have to do with heart disease?

Information on C-reactive protein, or CRP, a sign of inflammation and potential risk factor for heart disease.

A C-reactive protein (CRP) test to is used to check the levels of this protein in the blood. Many conditions can elevate CRP levels, including lupus. Learn more here.

CRP is already frequently tested in blood to detect bacterial infections, but the value of this test in cerebrospinal fluid had not been well researched until now.

The company wanted healthy dogs to donate blood to help validate a test to screen for multiple cancers at once—a liquid biopsy. “She didn't flinch at all,” Inserra says of Cici’s blood draw.

In 2014, NICE, the UK health watchdog, recommended that GPs should consider carrying out a CRP blood test on patients with symptoms of lower respiratory tract infection. It said that if, after a ...

Doctors say a simple "three-pronged" blood test can accurately predict a patient's risk of heart attack and stroke 30 years ahead of time.

The C-reactive protein (CRP) blood test measures inflammation in the body. What does that have to do with heart disease? We now know that many heart attacks and strokes occur because cholesterol ...