Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...

It is a popular idea between the practitioners of complementary medicine and Indian culture that rubbing fingernails together can give you thick dense and healthy hair Is there any logic in this notio ...

"With the Heart Score CT Scan, individuals can take charge of their cardiovascular health in a quick and hassle-free way." A Heart Score CT Scan is recommended for men age 40+ and women age 45+ who ...

If your score is −10 to 4, you’re at intermediate risk of complications, and if your score is greater than 5, you’re at low risk. Stress test results by age chart Most doctors follow the ...

Here's what the score would mean: 0 – low risk. 1-100 – mild risk. 100-300 – moderate risk. Over 300 – high risk. You might feel fine and healthy, but an invisible high calcium score can signal ...

I went in for a routine physical, and my doctor said after 40, I should get a "coronary calcium score" since I have a family history of a heart attack on my dad's side.

Of that overall group, 8,170 patients had a coronary artery calcium score of zero, with 5,185 of those patients under age 65, and 2,782 patients 65 or older. They then assessed coronary prognosis ...

A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score continues to be an accurate ...

You’re in that age range; you have high cholesterol and you’re not sure whether to take the cholesterol-lowering medicine. This test could be a tie-breaker. The Mayo Clinic puts it this way ...

The most widely used classification systems for the categorization of calcium scores-one using absolute values and one using those based on percentiles adjusted for gender, age, and ethnicity-are ...

A CT scan and calcium score can be a way to detect risk of heart disease. Grace Hayba, WRAL health reporter Heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States for more than 100 ...