When the study began in 1948, about 10,000 of Framingham's 28,000 residents fell within the study's preferred age range of 30 to 62 years (the age group shown to precede that at risk of developing ...

Educational attainment is considered a proxy for cognitive reserve, which can help preserve cognitive function despite brain ...

“You’re going to lose a major investment that we’ve been making over the last 65 years,” Karen Antman, dean of Boston University School of Medicine, which co-runs the Framingham Heart Study, told the ...

The effort became known as the Johns Hopkins Precursors Study. Studies that track groups of people for decades to uncover the ...

Tool and Study Selection: We included risk calculation tools that used the Framingham risk equations to generate a global coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. To determine tool accuracy, we reviewed ...

Dr. William Kannel, director of the Framingham Heart Study during its early years, discusses the innovations introduced in this first-of-its-kind study which began in 1950 and its tremendous legacy.

This research reinforces the idea that small dietary changes can have long-term benefits. Choosing whole grains over refined grains may help people maintain a healthier weight and reduce their risk of ...

The I Believe Academy in Framingham is offering kids a safe space after school and on weekends. The academy, which opened in 2023, focuses on basketball and math tutoring for students in the ...

Framingham is launching a 10-week paid summer internship program for college students and recent graduates. The program offers hands-on experience in various city departments, including police ...