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On High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

A Marker of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk. Essay 1 of 17 in the Health Series: “The Body as Civilization”

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Richard L. Johnson
Sep 22, 2025
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“Inflammation may well turn out to be the most significant medical discovery since antibiotics.” — Russell Ross (New England Journal of Medicine, 1999, on atherosclerosis as an inflammatory disease)

I spent over a decade in health and fitness, working with every type of client. Elite athletes chasing fractions of a second, parents balancing workouts with…

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