Researchers review findings and clinical messages from the Women’s Health Initiative 30 years after launch Data from influential study underscore the importance of personalized and shared decision-making to support the health of postmenopausal women.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/researchers-review-findings-clinical-messages-women-s-health-initiative-30-years-after-launch A new review in JAMA(link is external) highlights key findings and clinical messages from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), the largest women’s health study in the United States. The WHI is supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and was created to study factors that may reduce risks for cardiovascular disease, cancer, hip fractures, and other conditions in postmenopausal women. More than 68,000 women enrolled in clinical trials between 1993 and 1998 and were followed for up to 20 years.