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

A study aims to identify the possible link between calcium deposits in women's breast arteries and life-threatening heart ...

Routine mammograms are best known as a front-line tool for detecting breast cancer. But new research suggests the same X-ray ...

A new study published suggests that the connection between coronary artery calcification—a measure of calcium buildup in the ...

DALLAS, May 21, 2025 — The PREVENT TM risk calculator helped to identify people with plaque buildup in the arteries of the heart, in addition to predicting their risk of a future heart attack, ...

Imbibing calcium in supplement form may be associated with an increased risk of plaque buildup in the arteries and heart damage, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American ...

BALTIMORE, Md. (KFSN) -- Researchers say they now have evidence that too much of a good thing can possibly damage your heart. The results of a new study suggest that calcium supplements may raise the ...

The coronary calcium scan uses X-rays to detect and measure calcium deposits in the coronary arteries, which supply blood to ...

After analyzing 10 years of medical tests on more than 2,700 people in a federally funded heart disease study, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and elsewhere conclude that taking calcium in the ...

Women sometimes experience non-specific symptoms such as pain in the upper abdomen, which can be confused with stomach ache, ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...