Change of Heart Unraveling the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease

Name: Change of Heart Unraveling the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease
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ISBN: 9780375727047

ISBN-10: 0375727043

ISBN-13: 9780375727047

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Authors: Daniel Levy, Susan Brink

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A Change of Heart is a detailed account of the revolutionary Framingham Heart study — which, over the years, has provided conclusive evidence that cardiovascular disease is largely the result of measurable and modifiable risk factors. First begun in 1948, not long after Franklin Delano Roosevelt succumbed to a massive stroke, the study of over 5,000 citizens of Framingham, Massachusetts, changed the course of medical history. The lessons learned in Framingham allow each of us to control our risk of heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of death in the United States. Here is a clear-eyed and intriguing assessment of the achievements of this study and of its continuing…

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List price: $20.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 2/14/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.07" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Daniel C. Levy is Distinguished Professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies at the State University of New York at Albany. His book Building the Third Sector won the 1997 ARNOVA prize for best book.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Epilogue


Notes


Index