Figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that more than 700,000 Americans suffer from heart attack each year, an event that puts them at risk of premature death and ...

Cardiovascular risk calculators usually expect you to know your blood pressure and cholesterol numbers. I have enough trouble remembering my email password. So this new calculator from the Harvard ...

The new American Heart Association PREVENTTM risk calculator estimates the 10- and 30-year risk of total cardiovascular disease for people aged 30 years and older. The calculator estimates the risk of ...

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Imagine your financial adviser using information she gathered from you one day in your mid-30s to guide your investments through your mid-60s. That’s probably not an effective strategy. Yet it’s akin ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: As a 73-year-old woman, I had a coronary calcium scan done when my new primary care physician wanted to start me on a statin. He discouraged me from having the scan done, saying it ...

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There's been a lot of debate about the new Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Guidelines targeting cholesterol management and heart disease risk, which came out recently from the American College of ...

PHILADELPHIA — Coronary artery calcium scoring leads to an improved determination of CHD and atherosclerotic CVD risk, according to a presentation at the National Lipid Association Scientific Sessions ...

Using an innovative risk score assessment score, heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City say they can accurately predict whether patients being assessed for kidney transplant will ...

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