An ongoing study spotlights the link between calcium deposits in the breast arteries and life-threatening heart risks.

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

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

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 ...

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

What Is Coronary Calcification And Why Does It Matter? Coronary calcification (CC) refers to calcium deposits in the walls of the arteries of the heart. While people often have no symptoms at first, ...

Credit: Thinkstock Routine patient information, serology results, and cardiac ultrasound findings can identify patients at high risk for severe coronary artery calcification. Investigators have ...

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

There may be relationships between bone mineral density at different body locations and cardiac calcification. Sex-specific differences may exist in these relationships. Further research is needed to ...