I am an 81-year-old man (5 feet, 2 inches tall at 122 pounds) in good health, except that I have Type 2 diabetes. My A1C level has been in the range of 6.3% to 6.8% for the past five years with the ...

A stress test and a CT calcium score are both ways of evaluating a person for blockages in the arteries of the heart.

I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial ...

A couple of my friends in similar situations took the nuclear stress test (due to age and diabetes); one ended up with two stents, and another underwent triple bypass surgery ... blockages in the ...

The suit, filed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, doesn’t seek to eliminate the annual stress testing and capital planning requirements that have been in place ...

Stress is a natural response to challenges or threats, but when it becomes chronic, it can have serious consequences for your health, particularly for your heart. The heart is a vital organ ...

The latest stress test ofmutual funds reveals that the mid cap schemes will take as long as 32-34 days to liquidate 50 percent of their portfolio. At the same time, small cap mutual funds will ...

The Wanted singer Max George has said that he will have to undergo heart surgery “way quicker than the doctors first thought”. The 36-year-old, revealed last week that he will have to spend ...

High blood pressure and heart disease It is already accepted that prolonged exposure to stress can lead to high blood pressure. But high blood pressure increases the risk of having a heart attack ...

PCI (also called coronary angioplasty) is a treatment, typically involving a stent, to open an artery blocked by a buildup of plaques or to clear blockages after a heart attack. Complex PCI can ...

Experiments in rats show that activating the lateral habenula, a stress-sensitive brain region, triggers changes in heart rate and blood pressure. Blocking dopamine neurotransmission or inhibiting ...