The Lawhuns hope their story encourages others to ask about calcium score screenings.

Cheese is rich in calcium, but some foods and drinks provide even more calcium than cheese. These include yogurt, cooked ...

Major medical organizations updated the cholesterol playbook for the first time in years, with new risk tools, lower targets and earlier treatment recommendations.

Healthy lifestyle habits, earlier treatment to lower long-term exposure to plaque-causing lipids, new cholesterol target goals, selective use of coronary calcium scoring, lipoprotein(a) and ...

"That $99 saved my life," Ronnie Paul said of the test that showed he was at immediate risk of a heart attack 13WMAZ/Instagram A Georgia man underwent a $99 CT scan that measures calcium in the heart, ...

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new doctors’ guidelines.

An updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia emphasized enhancing health-related behaviors and consideration of early initiation of lipid-lowering therapy, even in adults as young as 30 ...

MACON, Ga. — A Central Georgia man said a routine heart test he nearly skipped ended up saving his life. Ronnie Paul of Thomaston, Georgia said he decided to get a calcium scoring heart test after ...

This Harvard MD/PhD wasn’t sure the answer was no, so he had to find out for himself.

The update was jointly published in the journal Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The recent ...

Cardiology groups say adults as young as 30 should assess cholesterol risk and consider treatment to prevent heart attacks ...

For primary prevention patients at high risk, such as those with a 10-year risk > 10%, the LDL target is less than 70 mg/dL (class 2a recommendation). For this group, treatment begins with a ...