Two proteins that play a role in inflammation may serve as indicators of a person’s risk of heart disease and stroke. The immune system proteins, called interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), help orchestrate the body’s response to injury.
Physician Matteo Cesari of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C.,
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