Framingham as a verb

[Mark Mandel]

Further information from the source (pharmacist; resident of Vancouver, BC),
after I cc-ed them on the previous posts:

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Interesting!  I wouldn't say it's in wide usage, but I've heard speakers at
medical conferences use it in this way.  I picked it up from my professors
in pharmacy school.
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> ... Framingham is the site of
> basically the largest long-term study of risk factors for heart
> disease, and the results are in very wide use in the medical world.
> When you assess someone for their 10-year risk of a stroke or heart
> attack, you Framingham them.

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