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The Framingham Heart Study: A Landmark Study in Cardiovascular Disease Research
TLDR The Framingham Heart Study in Framingham, Massachusetts is a groundbreaking longitudinal study that has revolutionized our understanding of cardiovascular disease. It has identified key risk factors for heart disease, such as smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure, and menopause, and has expanded its research to include other diseases like depression, Alzheimer's, and dementia.
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The episode discusses the Framingham Heart Study in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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The Framingham Heart Study in Framingham, Massachusetts is one of the largest and most influential longitudinal studies ever performed in medicine, and has set the gold standard for studying cardiovascular disease.
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By 1948, 44% of deaths were due to cardiovascular disease, which was a result of people living longer and not dying from other causes like tuberculosis.
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The Framingham Heart Study was initiated after FDR's death from hypertension, with the goal of studying coronary artery disease in a normal population and determining the factors that contribute to its development.
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The Framingham Heart Study was conducted in a small town with only two hospitals, making it easy to keep track of the participants, and the study directors deferred to the general practitioners in the town for advice and to relay the findings to the participants.
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The Framingham Heart Study found that the predictors for cardiovascular disease that worked for white men did not work for women, leading to a separate study on women and cardiovascular disease.
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The Framingham Heart Study expanded to include additional cohorts, such as the offspring cohort, the Omni cohorts, and the third generation cohort, in order to study hereditary factors and increase diversity in the study population.
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The Framingham Heart Study provided scientific proof for the link between smoking and cardiovascular disease, as well as other risk factors such as cholesterol, blood pressure, irregular heartbeat, and menopause.
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The Framingham risk score is widely used to determine the percentage risk of developing heart disease within 10 years based on various risk factors such as age, gender, cholesterol levels, diabetes, smoking, and blood pressure.
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The Framingham Heart Study has expanded its research to include other diseases such as depression, stress, anxiety, sleep apnea, Alzheimer's, and dementia, and is becoming a gold standard for neurological diseases and genetic investigations.
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The Framingham Heart Study had some trouble getting extended funding at one point, but eventually received a large donation from President Nixon to continue its research.
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