NBC medical reporter Dr. Akshay Syal joins TODAY to break down what cholesterol is, why it matters and what has changed — including a younger age for treatment, a coronary calcium score to test for ...

Medical imaging contains a veritable wealth of information that is often missed. One way this can change is for patients to ask their doctors what more they can learn from their image results.

The latest cholesterol guidelines include three new screening tests: coronary artery calcium, lipoprotein (a), and apolipoprotein B.

The test can help assess your lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease. That, along with earlier treatment for high cholesterol, is part of new doctors' guidelines.

"That $99 saved my life," Ronnie Paul said of the test that showed he was at immediate risk of a heart attack 13WMAZ/Instagram A Georgia man underwent a $99 CT scan that measures calcium in the heart, ...

MACON, Ga. — A Central Georgia man said a routine heart test he nearly skipped ended up saving his life. Ronnie Paul of Thomaston, Georgia said he decided to get a calcium scoring heart test after ...

MACON, Ga. — A Central Georgia man said a routine heart test he nearly skipped ended up saving his life. Ronnie Paul of Thomaston, Georgia said he decided to get a calcium scoring heart test after ...

Here in the northern hemisphere, winter famously contributes to widespread vitamin D deficiency as sunlight exposure decreases. The trend is “very marked in clinical practice," Mary Gover, MD, an ...

Guild Wars 2 is planning on some possible new changes to scoring in WvW, and ArenaNet is holding a beta to test some adjustments, and get feedback about a slate of proposed changes. In addition to ...