Both conditions involve changes in the arterial walls. However, arteriosclerosis is the general thickening and hardening of the arteries, often due to aging, and atherosclerosis is a specific type ...

How careful and concerned we are about physical heart attacks, events caused often by arteriosclerosis. Do you know the ...

February was heart month, and this is the last column in a series about the major risk factors for heart attacks. Heart ...

They found, too, that all the King’s arteries were hardening beyond his years. Cutting the Nerve. There was little they could do for the arteriosclerosis, but for the trouble in the right leg ...

This column is the first in a series about risk factors for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), the cause of several health problems, including heart attacks — the number one cause of death ...

Let us understand the risks of smoking on heart health. Early detection and thorough treatment significantly enhance outcomes of cardiac disease due to smoking.

The heart is one of the most obvious victims. In the circulatory system cholesterol and blood pressure rises, clogging and hardening arteries…. Excess body fat may also increase certain proteins ...

"It's a CT scan that is a low radiation dose … basically, it's a diagnostic test to help quantify the amount of calcium in your arteries, which is like the hardening of the arteries." ...