A person with advanced heart failure can look stable at a routine clinic visit. Their vitals may not alarm anyone.
A cardiac stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity. Vienybe/Dreamstime/TNS Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider ...
A simple body scan could discover your risk for a heart attack or stroke —conditions that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year and occur every 40 seconds in the U.S. The scan, which is known ...
I’ve always been tempted to do a genetic test to check in on my heart. I’m in pretty good health, but I have a few close relatives who’ve had heart attacks, strokes, and cancer, so I know my genes ...
The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and ...
C-reactive protein (CRP) is produced by the liver in response to inflammation. High-sensitivity CRP (hs-CRP) testing detects ...
Take glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) for example—the HbA1c test revolutionized the way we diagnose and manage diabetes because it ...
Healthy 67-Year-Old Takes $99 Heart Test, Turns Out He Needs Surgery 2 Days Later ...
Heart testing helped diagnose a Katy teen with a heart condition. (Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.) TEXAS – You’ve had all of the ...