C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver in response to inflammation. High-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) testing detects low-grade, chronic inflammation and is the most validated blood test for ...

For years, heart health conversations have focused on familiar numbers: LDL, HDL, and triglycerides. These markers appear in almost every routine cholesterol report. Yet cardiologists say an important ...

Adverse pregnancy outcomes like gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) affects 14% of total pregnancies worldwide. GDM is not only associated with perinatal diseases but also a risk factor for ...

The production and secretion of VLDLs (very-low-density lipoproteins) by hepatocytes has a direct impact on liver fat content, as well as the concentrations of cholesterol and triglycerides in the ...

Bob Odenkirk must be enjoying his late-career pivot to action movies. Again teaming with Derek Kolstad, the creator of John Wick and Nobody, Odenkirk returns to the way of the gun in Normal, a ...

In director Ben Wheatley's latest, Odenkirk plays a small-town sheriff whose sense of quiet normalcy (duh) is upended by a botched bank robbery. These questions, and more, are on offer in the first ...