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 This report is dedicated to the participants in the Framingham Heart Study, who have given the world the gift of knowledge. By their volunteer efforts, our understanding of the many interrelated factors that cause and prevent cardiovascular disease were discovered. In so doing, they have helped to save millions of lives.
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These are excerpts from a few of the newspaper and magazine articles, television programs and testimonials that honored the Framingham Heart Study and our participants on the occasion of our 50th anniversary.
"...During the half-century since researchers began to prod, bleed and query 5,209 Framingham residents in a unique study on the origins of heart disease, something remarkable happened. The nation's cardiac death rates plummeted, thanks in no small measure to the lessons of Framingham..."
Richard Knox, Boston Globe, September 27, 1998 "...Knowledge gained from the ambitious Framingham Heart Study is extending the lives of millions..."
Susan Brink. US News & World Report, September 7, 1998 "...If all the Americans who owe some of the length or quality of their lives to the Framingham Heart Study were to express their gratitude by attending the 50th anniversary gala on Sunday afternoon, the auditorium would need millions upon millions of folding chairs..."
Carey Goldberg, New York Times, September 27, 1998 "...Framingham Scientists changed the country's vocabulary by coining the term "risk factor" and by allowing words such as 'cholesterol' or 'fat content' to roll smoothly off the tongues of elderly Americans and elementary school students alike..."
Elizabeth Mehren, LA Times, August 3, 1998 "...It seems just about everything folks know about what causes and prevents heart attacks and strokes comes from the Framingham Heart Study..."
Daniel Haney, The Associated Press "...Hailed as one of the most important epidemiological studies in American medical history, the Framingham Heart Study revolutionized the way doctors look at heart disease and sparked today's emphasis on preventive medicine..."
Jennifer Booth, Middlesex News "...The thousand scientific papers produced by Framingham have become the holy book of Medicine."
Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) "...The Study could not have succeeded without the commitment of the people of Framingham."
Claude Lenfant, MD, Director, NHLBI "...I asked myself what makes FHS so special and I came up with six key factors: The Study is scientifically rigorous, longitudinal, community- and family-based, and has always involved men and women, and most of all has mutual trust between participants and staff. ... Before, a lot of people, especially when it came to cardiovascular diseases, thought it was a matter of luck or fortune. Framingham shows that it's not just that but how people behave ...Prevention through public education has become a way of life in America."
U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. David Satcher, September 27, 1998 "...We go through life, most of us, knowing only the effect we have on the people around us...Only a small percentage of people get to make a permanent contribution to humanity. This Study has given each of us in Framingham some small role in producing a lasting achievement, and, as long as the planet is inhabited, the contribution of Framingham to the quality of that life will be remembered."
Jay Lander, member of the Offspring Study | |||