HealthSentinel.Click to read article-: Chronic, low-grade inflammation is now being considered by an ever-increasing number of scientists as a major cause of diseases not only for obvious diseases like arthritis and asthma, but also for heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer%u2019s, and even cancer. A marker of inflammation, C-reactive protein or CRP, is increasingly being recognized as a way to measure increased heart disease risk. A recent consensus panel indicated that blood measurements of CRP of 1 to 3 mg/L (milligrams per liter) indicated an intermediate risk of heart disease, greater than 3 mg/L indicated an increased risk, and greater than 10 mg/L indicate other inflammatory diseases.