New research published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings has shown that patients who can complete a workout on a treadmill during a cardiac stress test have much lower mortality risk than those ...

Heart disease, sometimes called coronary artery disease, is caused by atherosclerosis, a process which involves the accumulation of cholesterol plaques in the arteries that supply blood to the heart.

At the hospital, 46-year-old Stephen Coffey underwent one of the most common tests for heart disease — a treadmill stress test. Used worldwide for half a century, the stress test is performed millions ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A stress test is a common tool doctors use to evaluate how well the heart performs under physical or medically induced exertion, according to medical professionals.

For many people, shoveling snow during winter is a fact of life. However, it can be a dangerous and even deadly activity for some. Along with thousands of soft tissue and lower-back injuries each year ...

Dr. Blumenthal: I'm Roger Blumenthal, professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins, and with me is my friend and colleague, Dr. Jennifer Mieres, an assistant professor at New York University School of ...

Those changes are often easy to dismiss, such as chest tightness, palpitations, or dizziness. You may also feel a heartbeat ...