After age and sex, heart rate and metabolism were best predictors of longevity. — -- Going for a jog on a treadmill can predict how long you’re going to live, a large new study suggests.

A nuclear stress test helps to assess your risk of a severe cardiac event. Depending on your health, a doctor may ask you to take a treadmill test or a chemical test, which uses medications to ...

One of the strongest predictors of long-term mortality among patients undergoing a cardiac stress test is the need for a pharmacologic versus treadmill test, new data show. Moreover, although the risk ...

A person's peak exercise capacity as measured on a treadmill test is a more powerful predictor of how long someone will live than risk factors such as heart disease, high blood pressure or smoking, a ...

Treadmill tests have long been considered the gold standard for measuring a person's fitness level. But a simple blood test may provide a more nuanced assessment, according to Stanford Medicine ...

Dr. Blumenthal: I'm Roger Blumenthal, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, and with me is my friend and colleague, Dr. Jennifer Mieres, an assistant professor at New York University School of ...

Doctors who use treadmill tests to diagnose heart disease could better predict the risk of death if they paid more attention to what happens to a patient’s heart after he or she steps off the ...

A chemical stress test uses medications to simulate your heart’s response to exercise. A stress test can assess how well your heart performs during exercise. Your doctor may suggest a stress test if ...

Dr. David Faxon answers the question: 'Which Stress Test Is Best For Me?' — -- Question: What types of stress tests exist, and how do I know which one is best for me? Answer: There are a number ...

For me, strength and fitness is now about having the power to lift my toddler and run around after her for years to come. So when I heard about a longevity fitness test, my interest was piqued. How ...

Losing weight and getting in shape are popular New Year's resolutions -- but before you join a gym with the masses, it may help to determine your current fitness level with a walk test. kmlPhoto - ...

The WISE investigators found that the DASI could easily and economically identify at-risk symptomatic women. The DASI may be particularly helpful, they noted, as a pretest risk assessment tool for the ...