From Heart Health to Brain Health After half a century of groundbreaking work, the Bogalusa Heart Study is not slowing down. In fact, reaching its 50th anniversary in 2023 was just the beginning of a new chapter. Now, the researchers of the Bogalusa Heart Study are...
What Does It Take to Study Health for 50 Years? When Dr. Gerald Berenson first launched the Bogalusa Heart Study, he didn’t know he was creating a blueprint for the future of public health. What started with school checkups turned into one of the longest-running, most...
As parents, we all wonder what we can do now to set our children up for a healthy future. When it comes to heart health, we now know that your child’s heart today says a lot about your child's heart health tomorrow. Thanks to the Bogalusa Heart Study, we’ve learned...
Many years have passed since the Bogalusa Heart Study began, but its impact is still felt strongly today. Here's why this decades-old project remains so relevant in modern times. Still Saving Lives 50 Years Later A lot has changed since the Bogalusa Heart Study began...
Small Beginnings, Big Impact In 1973, Dr. Gerald Berenson, a small-town cardiologist in Bogalusa, Louisiana, had a new idea: heart disease might start much earlier than most people think—even in childhood. To find out, he invited Bogalusa residents to take part in...
Why February Matters for Heart Health Every February, communities across the United States observe Heart Health Month. The goal is simple. Raise awareness about heart disease and encourage people to take steps that support lifelong cardiovascular health. Heart disease...
Family First: A Tradition of Discovery The Bogalusa Heart Study was one of the first ever longitudinal studies to find that cardiovascular risk factors were detectable even at a young age, despite notions that heart disease had little to do with children or young...
What Doctors Didn’t See Until Bogalusa Most people used to think heart disease had nothing to do with kids. But the Bogalusa Heart Study shattered this myth. This long-term study, founded in 1973 by Dr. Gerald Berenson, was the first to prove that heart disease in...
Fifty years ago, in the rural town of Bogalusa, Louisiana, a group of researchers began asking bold questions about children’s health. Could early signs of heart disease be detected in kids? Could prevention begin decades before diagnosis? Those questions launched the...