Healthcare

Overcoming Metabolic Syndrome

Metabolic syndrome is a growing problem, particularly in America with widespread obesity. This book was published in 2006 and updated in 2009, but the problem has become worse, not better, since then. What is it? Metabolic syndrome is loosely defined as a bunch of symptoms that can worsen together, including high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, a fatty liver, and cardiovascular problems. None of these conditions by themselves are good, but together, they can…

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Healthcare History Research-Education

A Change of Heart: How the People of Framingham, Massachusetts, Helped Unravel the Mysteries of Cardiovascular Disease

When US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died from complications of high blood pressure in 1945, the medical community sought to discover the nature and causes of heart disease. Thus was born a multi-generational, decades-long research study into people’s health in Framingham, Massachusetts. This study found scientific evidence about heart disease and changed treatment, research, and culture. This book chronicles this history and preserves this inspiring story for future generations. At the time of writing, Levy…

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