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

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In middle-aged and older women considered to be at low risk for heart disease, calcium build-up in their heart arteries, an indicator of artery-clogging plaque, predicts ...

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

Researchers think a calcium called breast arterial calcification might be a clue that a woman's blood vessels are clogged, ...

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

The coronary artery supplies blood to the heart. If calcium builds up in the coronary artery, it can lead to coronary artery disease and increase a person’s risk of a heart attack. Calcium is the most ...

I lay on the bed of the CT scan at the Heart Hospital of Austin looking up at the ceiling as it moves into the CT tunnel. A voice through the speakers tells me to breathe in, hold my breath, then ...

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

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 ...

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

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