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Impacting lives through groundbreaking research

Impacting lives through groundbreaking research
161,000 +study participants
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12,600fewer cases of breast cancer each year as a result of WHI research
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The Women’s Health Initiative is a landmark study that has had a huge impact on medical practice and public health.

— Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., NHLBI Director
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WHI News

Remembering Gloria Sarto

Remembering Gloria Sarto

6/18/2024
We are saddened to inform you of the passing of one of the WHI’s esteemed Investigators Dr. Gloria Sarto.
WHI Highlighted at 75th Anniversary of NHLBI

WHI Highlighted at 75th Anniversary of NHLBI

2/28/2024
WHI Profile in celebration of NHLBI’s 75th anniversary, featuring a WHI Participant
Radon Exposure and Stroke Risk in the Women's Health Initiative

Radon Exposure and Stroke Risk in the Women's Health Initiative

2/2/2024
A paper studying the association between radon and stroke in woman has been published in the online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology
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Recent Publications

Associations of steps per day and step intensity with the risk of cancer: Findings from the Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration cohort

Carmen Cuthbertson et al., 2024/7 PubMed #39029743

Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer: long-term findings from the Women's Health Initiative randomized clinical trial

Kathy Pan et al., 2024/7 PubMed #39028918

Association of diet quality with risk of incident rheumatoid arthritis in the Women’s Health Initiative

Kanika Malani et al., 2024/7 PubMed #39025233

Association of clonal hematopoiesis and mosaic chromosomal alterations with solid malignancy incidence and mortality

Pinkal Desai et al., 2024/7 PubMed #39012906

Cardiovascular burden of the V142I Transthyretin Variant

Senthil Selvaraj et al., 2024/6 PubMed #38734952

Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and pancreatic cancer risk in the Women’s Health Initiative

Theodore Brasky et al., 2024/6 PubMed #38900510

Ductal carcinoma in situ and cause-specific mortality among younger and older postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative

Kathy Pan et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38730133

Systolic blood pressure and survival to very old age. Results from the Women’s Health Initiative

Bernhard Haring et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38623761

Breast cancer incidence and mortality by metabolic syndrome and obesity: The Women's Health Initiative

Rowan Chlebowski et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38736319

African ancestry-derived APOL1 risk genotypes show proximal epigenetic associations

Charles Breeze et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38714935

Differences in metabolomic profiles between Black and White Women in the U.S.: Analyses from two prospective cohorts

Emma McGee et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38703248

The Women’s Health Initiative randomized trials and clinical practice: A review

JoAnn Manson et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38691368

Associations of tubal ligation and hysterectomy with serum androgen and estrogen metabolites among postmenopausal women in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study

Ashley M. Geczik et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38772931

Identifying the relation between food groups and biological ageing; a data-driven approach

Ynte Biemans et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38745494

Relationships of depression and antidepressant use with epigenetic age acceleration and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women

May Baydoun et al., 2024/5 PubMed #38809417

Plasma oxysterols are associated with serum lipids and dementia risk in older women

Michelle Dunk et al., 2024/4 PubMed #38574442

Epidemiologic factors in relation to colorectal cancer risk and survival by genotoxic colibactin mutational signature

Claire Thomas et al., 2024/4 PubMed #38252034

Risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in postmenopausal women with inflammatory bowel disease

Ruby Greywoode et al., 2024/4 PubMed #38684633

Correlates of physical activity and sedentary behavior among cancer survivors and Cancer-Free Women: The Women’s Health Accelerometry Collaboration

Samantha Schilsky et al., 2024/4 PubMed #38573893

Loneliness, social isolation, and cardiovascular disease among nonveteran and veteran women

Natalie Golaszewski et al., 2024/4 PubMed #38659158

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