The Framingham Foot Study looked at 1, 370 adults and found strong family histories of the condition.
In the U.S., said Steve Conway, a supercomputer analyst at market researcher IDC, in Framingham, Mass.
Every one point rise in HDL decreased heart disease risk by 2%, the Framingham researchers concluded.
Meantime, leaders of the Framingham study say they are intrigued by digital's potential role in heart research.
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"There is no real business here, " says Roger Kay , a computer industry analyst at Framingham, Mass.
Federal authorities have launched a criminal investigation into the practices at the company, which is based in Framingham.
IDC, a market research company based in Framingham, Massachusetts, reckons that America is approaching a glut in bandwidth.
In some communities just outside the city, totals were higher, including 30 inches in both Quincy and Framingham.
Still, many medical practices continue to rely on the older Framingham Risk Score, which became available in the 1990s.
In 2006, Mike Schultz, principal of the Wellesley Hills Group, of Framingham, Mass.
Cholesterol's importance emerged from a government study of 5, 000 people from Framingham, Mass.
"That's a lot like what Dell does, " says analyst Roger Kay of market research firm IDC in Framingham, Mass.
It is modeled on the famous Framingham Heart Study, which helped spot cholesterol and other risk factors for heart disease.
The specific cause was an epidural medication for back pain produced by the New England Compounding Center of Framingham, Mass.
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Elizabeth Warren speaks with voters as she campaigns after announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Framingham, Massachusetts, September 14, 2011.
The Framingham study hadn't uncovered a link between strokes and cholesterol levels.
The surgeon removes tumors from a patient, puts them on dry ice and sends them overnight to the Antigenics laboratory in Framingham, Mass.
Poon plans to recruit 100 African-Americans who are very unlikely to have heart attacks according to a standard survey called the Framingham risk score.
Over the past several years 66 state and local agencies have signed up, from the Missouri Highway Patrol to the police department of Framingham, Massachusetts.
"No doubt there's enormous promise here for new technology to change our understanding of health and disease, " said Daniel Levy, who leads the Framingham study.
WSJ: Heart Disease Study Aims to Chart Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes in Real Time
Framingham, MA based Ameresco helps institutions, mostly government entities, improve their energy infrastructure and reduce energy use without capital outlays or increases in energy budgets.
"If you think about it, you can build a community around any retail category, " says Michael Sullivan-Trainor, director of Internet research at IDC in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Participants came from the Framingham Heart Study, a large study that has been going on since 1948 to look at heart disease risk factors in Framingham, Massachusetts.
Specifically, Poon wants to look at the hearts of African-Americans who Framingham predicts have less than a 10% chance of having a heart attack in the next decade.
An inspection of the New England Compounding Center's Framingham, Mass.
WebQL likely will be used as a piece of broader, more inclusive business intelligence platforms, according to Dan Vesset, a senior analyst at IDC, a market research firm, in Framingham, Mass.
Elderly women who lose that much height that fast have a 21% higher risk of hip fracture, said the study, which examined data from over 3, 000 adults from the Framingham Heart Study.
But Dr. Levy, who isn't familiar with the UCSF plans, said Framingham researchers want more information about how such techniques would affect privacy and other issues before including them as study tools.
WSJ: Heart Disease Study Aims to Chart Risk of Heart Attacks, Strokes in Real Time
"Even if a company has plans to go to NT 5.0, the majority of organizations are going to wait a year to 15 months to implement it, " said Bill Peterson, an analyst at Framingham, Mass.
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