Circulating protein levels may serve as a biomarker for cardiorespiratory fitness, an important but previously hard-to-measure component of overall health, according to a study published in Nature ...

Blood tests are one way to understand what’s happening in our bodies, and one such indicator is the C-reactive protein (CRP). Produced by the liver, CRP levels rise when there is inflammation inside ...

A single drop of blood might be able to predict the onset of dozens of diseases, a new study claims. Analysis of the protein "signatures" in a droplet of blood can predict 67 diseases, including blood ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Since researchers first established the link between diet, cholesterol and heart disease in the 1950s, risk for heart disease has been ...

The pathogenesis of immune-mediated diseases, including various phenotypes of bronchial asthma, is particularly determined by an aberrant response of the body’s immune system involving various ...