Angina is the warning the heart sends before a heart attack, and police work is built around the exertion that triggers it. What it feels like, why officers dismiss it, and what to do.
A heart ultrasound sees what a blood test and an EKG cannot: the heart itself, moving in real time. It shows how well...
Testicular cancer is not the first disease most firefighters associate with the job, yet it carries one of the...
A coronary calcium score is one of the clearest early warnings the heart gives, and most working adults have never...
Every officer knows the stress of a hot call. Fewer talk about the slower kind, the accumulation of shift work,...
A firefighter fails a line on an audiogram, or a candidate mentions a heart condition, and suddenly everyone wants to...
Full body scans have gone from a fringe idea to a wellness status symbol, and employers are starting to field the...
A resting heart can hide a serious problem. An artery can be significantly narrowed and still cause no symptoms...
If NFPA 1582 answers whether a firefighter is medically fit for duty, NFPA 1583 answers a different question:...
Ask most people how often they should see a doctor and they will say once a year, without hesitation. It is one...