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Stir-Fry Ramen

This is a great way to couple vegetables that must be used with ramen noodles. A quick and easy after-work meal bursting with flavor is a quick, easy meal. The recipe is a simple way to pair vegetables with noodles and vegetables that need to be eaten

Should I Take a Heart Drug? A Coronary Calcium Scan May Help You Decide.

For nearly 45 years, doctors have relied on well-known cardiovascular risk factors to determine how patients should be treated to ward off a heart attack or stroke.
These factors include high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, a history of smoking, obesity and a family history of premature heart disease.
When a patient has either no risk factors or many of them, treatment decisions are usually straightforward.
Doctors typically tell patients with no risk factors to keep doing what they’re doing, while those at high or moderately high risk are often advised to start medications along with adopting lifestyle measures, like a heart-healthy diet and regular exercise.
The test is a coronary calcium scan, which takes 10 to 15 minutes and usually costs about $100 to $400, though it is often not covered by insurance.
The test uses specialized CT X-rays to assess the presence and amount of calcium (actually bony deposits of plaque that signal atherosclerosis, or “hardening of the arteries”) in the blood vessels that feed the heart.