Throughout my life, I’ve heard that vitamin D is the best vitamin you can take to promote better health. It helps the immune system function to the best of its ability, it contributes to stronger ...

Dietary calcium is essential for various bodily functions and shouldn't be restricted out of fear of arterial calcification. It's crucial to maintain adequate calcium intake throughout life, ...

In several previous columns, I have written about Coronary Calcium Scans, which detect the amount of calcium present in coronary arteries that deliver oxygen and nutrients to the heart. This test is ...

Multiple risk factors, like high LDL and inflammation, can lead to an increased risk of heart attack. Here's what to know and how to prevent it.

Atherosclerosis causes the smooth, elastic lining of the coronary arteries to become hard, stiff, and swollen because of ...

The coronary artery supplies blood to the heart. If calcium builds up in the coronary artery, it can lead to coronary artery disease and increase a person’s risk of a heart attack. Calcium is the most ...

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 ...

Preventive cardiologists have a wonderful tool for noninvasively identifying plaque (atherosclerosis) in the arteries to the heart: the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan. Since 1/3 of Americans die ...

It measures the amount of calcified plaque that has built up in your arteries, which can trigger heart attacks and strokes. A ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores have become a non-invasive way for physicians to easily determine how much plaque has built up inside a patient's coronary arteries, but the question has been how ...

BEAUFORT, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report published by THE SAGE GROUP reviews recent calcium research and quantifies the number of CLI patients with calcified leg arteries. “Almost all CLI ...

I have written numerous columns about the coronary calcium scan, which detects the amount of calcium present in atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. This test is important because such ...