Mike Fackelmann had no reason to think he had heart disease. Although his cholesterol was a touch on the high side, he had never experienced any chest pains and had just passed a stress test with ...

Cardiologists say many adults overlook a simple test that can detect early signs of heart disease.

When it comes to heart health, prevention is the name of the game. Cardiovascular disease, heart attacks and strokes are more ...

February is National Heart Month and a great time to make sure you’re doing everything you can to keep your ticker in top shape. There’s an inexpensive scan available that has proven effective to help ...

Combining two types of heart scan techniques could help doctors to detect the deadly heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) before symptoms and signs on conventional tests appear. Combining ...

One in five deaths in the U.S. is due to heart disease, according to federal health experts. A computerized scan of the heart ...

SEATTLE — Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the US, and too often it goes undetected. 54-year-old Zac Lysen thought he was in good health, until a few events sparked his ...

Advanced heart scans and routine health checks reveal previously unknown heart and other health issues in a vast majority of older adults.

For people who worry they might have heart disease - there’s now a way to get some peace of mind without a doctor’s referral. It’s an X-ray heart scan that rates the risk for heart disease. News on 6 ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Howie Duncan poured his heart and soul into saving a ...

I lay on the bed of the CT scan at the Heart Hospital of Austin looking up at the ceiling as it moves into the CT tunnel. A voice through the speakers tells me to breathe in, hold my breath, then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Regular readers of my column know I have been very bullish about the Coronary Calcium Scan, also known as a calcium score test or ...