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Cardiology
New data illuminates research in cardiology
March 16th, 2006
Data on cardiology are outlined in reports from the United States, Scotland and United Kingdom. Study 1: Global measurements of inflammatory markers forecast heart disease risk in women. "Measurement of C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, is recommended to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk stratification. However, no studies have collectively evaluated how inflammatory markers cluster empirically and relate to angiographic coronary artery disease and CVD events," scientists writing in the American Heart Journal report. "From the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation study, 580 women with fasting...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-16)
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