Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Matthew G. Nayor has been named the first medical director for the Framingham Heart Study, a landmark project that began in ...

A long-term Framingham Heart Study analysis found that women’s pulse pressure began rising about 10 years earlier than men’s, ...

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UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester will use a $4.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate ...

The Framingham Heart Study identified key cardiovascular risk factors and developed the Framingham risk score, significantly impacting preventive cardiology. Future research in Framingham includes ...

Although it makes sense that a transient ischemic attack (TIA) could increase an individual’s chances of developing vascular dementia, new data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS) indicate otherwise ...

Just over a year ago, Susan Martin – not her real name – a retiree in her 60s from Boston, received a phone call just as she was about to settle into an episode of the West Wing. She wanted to ignore ...

Editor’s note: On December 20, the answer to the question, “Do the affected families need to do anything at this point?” was updated. Boston University’s renowned Framingham Heart Study (FHS) was ...

(BOSTON) – Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, MD, ScM, has accepted the position of director of the Framingham Center for Population and Prevention Science, principal investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, ...

Dr. Matthew G. Nayor has been named the first medical director for the Framingham Heart Study, a landmark project that began in 1948 to identify the common factors and characteristics that contribute ...