Health Risk Assessment

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Framingham Risk Assessment

This tool utilizes a calculation, based on your age, gender and other factors to determine your risk of heart attack or heart related death within the next 10 years.

You will need to know your total and HDL cholesterol levels, as well as your systolic blood pressure (the top number). If you don’t have this information, the Women’s Health Center offers cholesterol testing for a nominal fee, and blood pressure checks are always free!

Your Framingham score provides a valuable tool for both you and your health care provider to evaluate your risk of developing serious cardiac problems in the near future. Even if your score is low, you may have risk factors that actively contribute to the development of cholesterol blockage in your arteries. Positive lifestyle changes can markedly reduce your risk. The earlier in life you adopt a healthy lifestyle, the greater the likelihood that you will prevent your own heart disease!

Take the Framingham Risk Assessment

Heart to Heart

Our comprehensive Heart to Heart cardiac risk assessment is available for those individuals who want an extensive, one-on-one, comprehensive cardiac health evaluation and personalized recommendations. For more information, click here.

Health Calc

As an added benefit, those who participate in our Heart to Heart program are allowed free access to our Health Calc web site. Once assigned a username and password, you may visit this site as often as you wish. The site offers health information updated daily and tools to help you track your weight, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and more! On-line logs help you track your diet and exercise, so you can see the effects of your positive lifestyle changes! To visit Health Calc, have your username and password ready, then click here.