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The Framingham Heart Study is a project of the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute & Boston University.
The Framingham Heart Study is a project of the National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute & Boston University.
Framingham Heart Study Past and Present

Framingham: Past and Present


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Looking back with our participants and staff:

A history of the Framingham Heart Study over the past 70 years.


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Metrowest Daily News reflects 70 years of FHS

Follow along as the Metrowest Daily News reflects 70 years of FHS and its groundbreaking discoveries in five parts.

PART 1 – Framingham Heart Study: 70 years of groundbreaking discoveries and counting

PART 2 – Framingham Heart Study: A ‘typical American town’ is chosen

PART 3 – INTERACTIVE: By the numbers a comparison of Framingham’s…
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2018 Scholarship Winners Announced

Friends of the FHS awarded the FHS Dawber Scholarship to two high school seniors planning to attend college.

All children, stepchildren, and grandchildren of FHS participants were welcomed to apply for the scholarships.

Applicants wrote essays focused on “How has the Framingham Heart Study research scope expanded over its 70 years?” to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the study. Applicants were welcome to tell a…
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NHLBI Marks Year 70 of Iconic Framingham Heart Study

Some 50 years ago, NIH researchers introduced two words into the American lexicon that flipped the public’s thinking about heart disease on its head—”risk factors.” read more
 
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The Framingham Heart Study is supported by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health and Boston University School of Medicine, under NIH award HHSN268201500001I.