Search Tag: risk prediction
2024 24 Apr
Cardiovascular disease is significantly underdiagnosed in women compared to men. The widely used Framingham Risk Score estimates the likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease over a decade, factors in age, sex, cholesterol levels, and blood pressure. Researchers from the U.S. and the Netherlands used a comprehensive dataset to develop...Read more
2018 08 Aug
New research sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is beneficial to both astronauts and the general population on Earth. NASA launched the study with UT Southwestern Medical Center to enhance cardiovascular risk prediction for astronauts. The result: a new online prediction tool that integrates traditional risk factors...Read more