New Findings From JUPITER Show Rosuvastatin Cuts Stroke Risk in Half Among Those With Elevated CRP Levels and Commonly Acceptable Cholesterol Levels

FDA Panel Backs Statin for Primary Prevention

Blood Pressure, Blood Pressure Therapy, and C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP): A Patient Based Update

Inflammation is a process by which the body heals itself, however, chronic inflammation is implicated in some disease states, such as rheumatoid arthritis. Recently, atherosclerosis has also come to be understood as an inflammatory disease (1). C-reactive protein is a measure of inflammation in our bodies, and increased high-sensitivity...

Treating Both Cholesterol and Inflammation

Numerous studies have shown that cholesterol-lowering treatment with statin drugs reduces the risk of a future heart attack or death. One of these studies, the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 trial, has recently provided much new information on how statin therapy lowers that risk in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Statins lower not only LDL...

Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

Heart attacks are a major cause of death around the world, and much research has focused lately on the underlying causes of heart attacks, and how this knowledge can be used in medical practice to help prevent the occurrence of such events. “Atherosclerosis” or hardening of the arteries (blood vessels carrying oxygenated blood), involves the...