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 ...

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 ...

Last year, President Donald Trump's doctors screened him for heart disease using a test unfamiliar to many Americans. Now, research shows that that test, either alone or combined with other evaluation ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) CT scans are becoming a more commonly used tool to effectively determine a patient’s future risk of heart disease and heart attack. These minimally invasive scans measure ...

Healthy 67-Year-Old Takes $99 Heart Test, Turns Out He Needs Surgery 2 Days Later ...

BOUNTIFUL — Andra Lalli, 65, leads an active lifestyle. She enjoys going to the gym and has taught fitness classes for years — which is why when she went in for a heart scan, her results were ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CT scans performed for non-CV reasons may show a patient has coronary artery calcium. Artificial intelligence ...

Predicting a heart attack is both possible and affordable even without symptoms. It’s a quick scan for calcium. The inexpensive test doctors said can help motivate patients to make important lifestyle ...

He was the picture of health. She did all the right things. Sometimes that’s what you hear after someone suffers a heart attack. But heart attacks can happen to people who seem like they have no ...

I didn’t really discover health until I was 50. That was when I swapped pints, bacon sandwiches and cigarettes for kombucha (on a good day) and weight training.