Proper noun
Framingham
A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
Data from the landmark Framingham Heart Study showed that, for a given level of LDL, the risk of heart disease increases 10-fold as the HDL varies from high to low. Source: Internet
For example, the research showed that only six of the 28 original risk factors contained within the Framingham Heart Failure Signs and Symptoms (FHFSS) were consistently found to be predictors of a future diagnosis of heart failure. Source: Internet
In fact, the Framingham, Mass., discounter has been so uninterested in an enterprise program that Geggatt, hired in 2010, claims on that he is "known amongst colleagues as the Rodney Dangerfield of analytics." Source: Internet
The 68-year-old Devitt (pictured right), a native of Framingham who has lived in Bellingham for 43 years, was elected as Tax Collector in 1992 and a year later won election as the town’s Treasurer. Source: Internet
The Framingham Children’s Study was one of the first to document this correlation with the that four- to seven-year-old children of active mothers are twice as likely to be active as those whose mothers are sedentary. Source: Internet
FYI, the Framingham Study is not made up of nurses. Source: Internet