High Sensitivity, C-Reactive Protein (hs-CRP) is a proven indicator of heart disease risk as powerful as high cholesterol. The protein, secreted in response to inflammation which is present in plaque, has a relationship to heart attacks independent to other risk factors like cholesterol and blood pressure. In fact, nearly half of heart patients have normal cholesterol levels. "I measure CRP in everyone now." (Dr. Steven Nissen of the Cleveland Clinic, New York Times 2005). "What we now have is hard clinical evidence that reducing CRP is at least as important as lowering cholesterol," said Dr. Paul Ridker of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. (New York Times, 2005)