Coronary artery calcium scoring, increasingly popular in emergency departments, could misdiagnose four of every 100 patients with significant blockages in their heart arteries, according to the latest research. Chest pain is one of the most common reasons for an emergency…

Metabolic Syndrome affects nearly four of every 10 adults in the U.S., yet most people aren’t familiar with it. The syndrome itself is without symptoms. The problem is that Metabolic Syndrome increases your risk of type 2 diabetes by five-fold,…

High blood pressure patients who don’t take their medications are at major risk of medical complications, according to a new report in the journal Circulation. Sure, drug therapy can be exensive and have bothersome side effects. Medical skeptics invoke Big…

Reducing salt intake might be a good idea, but it may not matter since our bodies have irresistible physiologic mechanisms to defend a higher level of salt intake, according to a new report in the Clinical Journal of the American…