Levy, Daniel, M.D.

A change of heart : how the Framingham heart study helped unravel the mysteries of cardiovascular disease / Daniel Levy & Susan Brink. - 1st ed. - New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2005. - ix, 258 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-246) and index.

A killer of paupers and presidents -- The dawn of peace and prosperity: and a deadly lifestyle -- Gathering evidence, building on clues -- A struggle for identity -- The people who changed America's heart: voices from Framingham -- The launch of a gold standard -- Wresting control from fate: results that changed a culture -- A near-death experience -- Coming of age in a high-technology world -- Blood pressure: more than just a numbers game -- The wages of sin -- Renegade on the trail of the unknown -- The lifestyle revolution -- Deadly addiction -- Spreading the word -- A fifty-year promise under attack -- The genetic revolution.

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Cardiovascular system--Diseases--Epidemiology--History--Massachusetts--Framingham--20th century.
Health risk assessment--History--20th century.


Massachusetts.

RA 645 .C34 / L48 2005