ANSWER: A stress test and a CT calcium score are both ways of evaluating a person for blockages in the arteries of the heart. The likelihood of having blockages for a man with diabetes at age 81 is ...

The person running the stress test looks for any sign of incipient heart damage (through an electrocardiogram ... at blood flow through a radioactive chemical injected in the blood, which can ...

Jack Burgess writes about a recent medical experience which reminds his to be thankful for what he has and to those who helped.