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To the Editor: The National Institutes of Health recently launched the Women's Health Initiative (WHI). Although one of us sits on the WHI Advisory Board, we are commenting not in that capacity, but rather as epidemiologists concerned about the misrepresentation in the lay press of the risks of participation in the WHI¹. It is essential that potential benefits as well as risks be clearly communicated to members of the public and their physicians.

The clinical-trial component of the WHI will evaluate the effect of diet and hormone-replacement therapy in preventing coronary heart disease and osteoporosis and will assess the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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