Sisters Monica (left) and Ximena Martinez are happy to travel to Massachusetts from their home in Florida for their Framingham Heart Study checkups. Here, they pose with the sculpture The Fabric of Framingham by Anna Ryan outside study headquarters. Photo courtesy Monica Martinez
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