What is a heart blockage? It simply means the heart may not work well. Cleveland Clinic reports a heart blockage can happen when your heart beats slowly or skips beats, and in severe cases, it can ...

Heart disease is still the leading cause of death—and experts now say waiting too long to test your cholesterol could put you ...

It could soon be possible to test someone’s spit to check whether they have had a heart attack and need to go to the emergency room, suggests new research. The test, which takes as little as 10 ...

Doctors use cardiac imaging to diagnose many types of heart disease and heart problems, including cardiovascular disease (which includes stroke and high blood pressure) and coronary heart disease.

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths. But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help ...

This week Color Genomics took the wraps off its first cardiovascular test for hereditary high cholesterol disorder —Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), a condition which increases the likelihood of ...

Theresa Miller was undergoing some routine tests at the Live Well Clinic in La Quinta, California, when her naturopathic doctor, Dr. Nicole Ortiz, decided to run a new blood test on her. Ortiz wanted ...

People affected by anxiety and depression should receive an additional cardiac test when undergoing diagnosis for potential heart problems, according to a new study by researchers in Canada. People ...

New research published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that patients who can complete a workout on a treadmill during a cardiac stress test have much lower mortality risk than those ...

A study conducted at NYU Langone Medical Center finds that unnecessary radiation in cardiac stress tests costs $500 million a year and causes nearly 500 cases of cancer. Greater use of ultrasound or ...

It's common for patients to schedule an office visit due to symptoms like shortness of breath from doing regular tasks, feeling heart palpitations, experiencing mild chest pain, or feeling weak or ...