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Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS

Mission statement:

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) established the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) in 1991 to address the most common causes of death, disability and impaired quality of life in postmenopausal women. The WHI will address cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. The WHI a 15 year $628 million endeavor, and one of the largest U.S. prevention studies of its kind. The three major components of the WHI are: a randomized controlled clinical trial of promising but unproven approaches to prevention; an observational study to identify predictors of disease; a study of community approaches to developing healthful behaviors.

Contact Information:

Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS
1 Rockledge Centre, Suite 300 MS 79666705 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda MD 20817-7966

Internet address: http://www.whi.org/related/

Phone number(s):

(301) 402-2900

Fax number:

(301) 480-5158

Related topics:

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• AGING/ELDERLY
• CANCER
• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND DISORDERS
• DEMENTIA
• ESTROGEN
• HEART DISEASE
• HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY
• HORMONE THERAPY/HT
• MEMORY DISORDERS
• OSTEOPOROSIS
• POSTMENOPAUSE
• RESEARCH
• WOMEN'S HEALTH

NWHIC record number O-141