So It's Not Just Cholesterol After All....
Evidence accumulating that inflammation is the real culprit in heart disease..
Protein Is Factor in Heart Disease, Researchers Say
 educing the levels of a protein secreted by the body during inflammation may be as powerful in slowing heart disease and preventing heart attacks and deaths as lowering cholesterol, two teams of researchers are reporting.
The studies, published in Thursday's issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, provide the strongest evidence yet for the role of the protein, known as CRP for C-reactive protein, in heart disease. The participants were patients with severe heart disease who were taking high doses of statin drugs, which lower both cholesterol and CRP. Lower CRP levels, the researchers found, were linked to a slower progression of atherosclerosis and fewer heart attacks and deaths. And this effect was independent of cholesterol's effect on heart disease. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/health/05cnd-protein.html?ex=1262667600&;en=9792ff3aca75d983&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
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