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SaturdayScoring Method Misses Women's Heart Disease Risk
A new study finds that about a third of women who are likely to develop coronary heart disease are not identified by a risk-factor scoring method doctors routinely use to assess heart attack risk. The Framingham Risk Estimate (FRE) is used to estimate a person's risk of suffering a fatal or nonfatal heart attack within 10 years. The test is based on a number of major risk factors for coronary heart disease, including age, blood pressure, smoking, and blood cholesterol levels. - Forbes.com...MORE
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