Low-cost coronary artery calcium scans can help determine if you need statin drugs, especially if you're 40-75.

Cholesterol levels can reveal a lot about your heart health risk. While a certain amount of cholesterol is essential for the ...

A simple body scan could discover your risk for a heart attack or stroke —conditions that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year and occur every 40 seconds in the U.S. The scan, which is known ...

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A simple test could provide powerful insight into your future heart health — and possibly much more. The coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan is commonly used to detect calcified plaque in the arteries.

A coronary calcium score test is a quick, painless CT scan that measures calcium buildup in the heart’s arteries—an early marker of heart disease. New guidelines and research show it can refine ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan – a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...

New AI tools could screen existing CT scans to asses risk for heart disease. But, who'll pay for it, and will it improve ...

Recently, a patient came to the hospital where I work with a persistent cough. Their doctor had ordered a CT scan — a type of imaging that creates detailed cross-sectional pictures of the body’s ...