The condition that mammograms can detect — and act as an early warning of heart problems down the road — is called breast arterial calcification, said Matthew Nudy, an assistant professor of medicine ...

Routine mammograms are a critical tool for breast cancer screening. However, they may also hold crucial, potentially untapped ...

Artery calcification is almost twice as common in night owls compared to early birds. Circadian function appears to be particularly important during the early stages of cardiovascular disease. Artery ...

I have written numerous columns about the coronary calcium scan, which detects the amount of calcium present in atherosclerotic plaques in the coronary arteries. This test is important because such ...

Calcium scans can detect calcium deposits in coronary arteries to assess heart disease risk. The scan is most useful for people at medium risk for heart disease. A calcium score over 400 means a high ...

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 ...

Soft and hard plaque are two different forms of fatty build-up inside your arteries, and both can quietly damage your heart ...

Coronary artery calcification isn’t often top of mind when thinking about serious health issues. But this condition – where crystals of calcium deposits build up in the arteries – is quietly ...

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Dietary calcium is essential for various bodily functions and shouldn't be restricted out of fear of arterial calcification. It's crucial to maintain adequate calcium intake throughout life, ...

Artery calcification is almost twice as common in night owls compared to early birds, according to a study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Circadian function appears to be particularly ...