She said it was possible that the change to inflammatory markers produced in sleep deprivation experiments were merely short-term reflections of the battle against sleepiness.

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Finally, omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to reduce inflammation (mainly pertaining to heart risk) by suppressing the inflammatory markers, have also been shown to help treat depression.

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The connection between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease is by now so well established that inflammatory markers like CRP, while they may prove useful to test and treat, will not take the place of cholesterol any time soon, says Alan Daugherty, PhD, the director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at the University of Kentucky.

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