Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In statin-intolerant patients, inflammation risk contributed more to death and CV events than cholesterol risk.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients at high cardiovascular risk already taking statin therapy, level of inflammation better predicted ...

Inflammation is a natural immune response designed to protect the body from harm as that experienced from infections and injuries. However, when inflammation becomes pervasive and chronic, it can ...

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RCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesMar 10 2025 New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that white blood cells which ‘remember’ past inflammation events ...

New evidence released today from a study of 31,245 patients already taking statin therapy indicates that inflammation may be a more powerful predictor of risk of future cardiovascular events - such as ...

Like a fire alarm sending signals to evacuate a smoky building, the immune system has internal guards to help the body sense and respond to danger. However, for people with risks for heart disease, ...

Aulus Cornelius Celsus, a Roman physician, first identified the four major characteristics of inflammation in the first century when he noted calor (heat), dolar (pain), rubor (redness), and tumor ...

Immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) fights viruses and bacteria. However, sometimes it targets the body itself. "This then leads to inflammation, the healing of which the body is unable to keep under control," ...