Pediatric cardiology
Xagena Medical News - Min, and colleagues at the University of Chicago Hospitals evaluated 221 men with an average age of 58.6 years who were referred for nuclear stress testing, a noninvasive diagnostic test for evolution of heart disease. The researchers screened the men
Local area seniors get health answers
Plano Star Courier - To screen for osteoporosis, Life Line does a bone density test. Jenkins says that healthy practices can help prevent some of these diseases. Eating healthy, exercising and not smoking can help prevent heart disease. Taking calcium supplements can help
Hospitals snap up 64-slice heart scanners
Olympian - Wetzel and Rosamond use the scanner when patients with chest pains or risk factors for heart disease have ambiguous results on another key screening tool, a treadmill stress test. The results can be unpredictable. A 67-year-old man, a healthy-looking
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