Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans. In the United States, it's estimated that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. These are scary statistics, but there's one test that can give ...

In modern cardiology, one of the greatest challenges is not treating heart attacks-but identifying silent coronary artery ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. It affects all ages, races, and genders. In fact, one person every 33 seconds dies ...

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...

(Aging Untold)— When it comes to heart disease, early detection can be lifesaving. More than half of Americans don’t know heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, despite its ...

My brother returned from a calcium scan of his heart a few years ago with the happy news that his coronary arteries were free of hardened plaque that could suggest serious underlying heart disease.

Excess cholesterol initially builds up in fatty deposits, called plaques, in the arteries that supply blood to the heart. To begin, these fatty plaques are “soft” – and are composed of just fatty ...

Calcium score is a risk assessment tool and not a diagnostic test, as such, it cannot guarantee no chance of heart attack, ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m 67 and in decent shape. I run 3-4 miles three times a week and lift weights three days a week. I take 20 mg of rosuvastatin daily. My LDL cholesterol is 85 mg/dL, and my HDL is ...