Heart attacks do not always come with the dramatic chest pain. Sometimes, they are hidden behind the everyday symptoms like ...

Cambridge, UK - The largest study so far to evaluate CRP as a risk factor for heart disease suggests that that this marker may be not as good a predictor of future cardiac events as was previously ...

A new approach to a routine blood test could predict a person’s 30-year risk of heart disease, research published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine found. Doctors have long assessed ...

Dear Doctor K: Both my parents had heart disease, so I’m worried I might get it. A friend said I should get a CRP test. Should I ask my doctor about it? Dear Reader: The answer is controversial. For ...

When heart attacks strike, they rarely come without warning. The human body whispers before it screams, and modern medicine is learning how to listen. While cholesterol and blood pressure numbers are ...

They’re getting to the heart of the issue. Doctors say a simple “three-pronged” blood test can accurately predict a patient’s risk of heart attack and stroke 30 years ahead of time. At present, medics ...

Lipoprotein(a) appears tied to the risk of major adverse cardiac events, MI, and peripheral artery disease in both primary and secondary prevention populations independent of baseline high-sensitivity ...