In movies, heart attacks are always sudden and very dramatic. While it’s true in real life that heart attacks can certainly be terrifying and can catch someone off guard (it’s not like anyone expects ...

What Is Coronary Calcification And Why Does It Matter? Coronary calcification (CC) refers to calcium deposits in the walls of the arteries of the heart. While people often have no symptoms at first, ...

A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, ...

Hearing the statistics surrounding heart attacks and heart disease can be, well, disheartening. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Heart ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - More than 60 million women in the U.S. have some form of heart disease, and a lot of them don’t even know it. But, as we found out, simply knowing your score could save your ...

If you could prevent yourself from having a heart attack, would you do it? It sounds like a no-brainer, but the signs of being at an increased risk of becoming one of the 805,000 people a year in the ...