Title: A change of heart
First published: 2005
Description: The Framingham Heart Study was launched not long after Franklin Delano Roosevelt succumbed to a massive stroke, the result of runaway blood pressure, at a time when cardiologists in the United States numbered fewer than 400 and heart disease was the nation's number- one cause of death. The study asked 5,209 citizens of Framingham, Massachusetts-who overate, smoked, and suffered heart attacks and strokes to the same extent as the rest of the United States-to undergo biennial physicals, blood tests, and detailed interviews concerning their behavior. The results changed the course of medical history. Written by the Study's current director and a national health reporter, A Change of Heart is the first account of this cooperation between the U.S. Public Health Service and the people of Framingham.
Subjects: History, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular system, Diseases, Health risk assessment, Demography, Fatores de risco, Estudos longitudinais, Research, Narrativa, Medicʹao de risco (historia), Doencʹas cardiovasculares (historia;epidemiologia), 44.85 cardiology, Longitudinal Studies, Demografia, Cardiovascular Diseases, History, 20th Century, Risk Factors, Personal Narratives
Places: Massachusetts, Framingham
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: RA645.C34 L48 2005