Dear Dr. Roach: I am now 78 years old. My mother’s two brothers died of heart attacks at 55 and 65, so when I was in my 50s, I had a calcium scan of my heart. Since then, I have been taking 10 mg of ...

More than 27 million people in the US are living with heart disease, and one doctor has come up with a high-tech test that detcts potential issues earlier than ever before. The test is called a ...

Dear Dr. Roach: 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 ...

A scan of calcium deposits inside your arteries can help doctors deduce how long you're likely to live, a new study has found. The test, called a coronary calcium scan, uses a regular CT scan to look ...

A Calcium Scoring CT (CAC) scan can detect early heart disease by measuring calcium buildup in arteries. Know what the test means, how it’s done, and when to take it. (Image: Pexels) A 35-year-old ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am an 80-year-old male who's very physically active. Six years ago, I had a coronary calcium scan resulting in a score of 3,708 with no symptoms. A few days later, a thallium ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • I am an 80-year-old male who’s very physically active. Six years ago, I had a coronary calcium scan resulting in ...