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...Well, yes and no. Two years ago, the NIH cut short the part of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) study that looked at the long-term use of a combination treatment including estrogen and progestin. Reason: women in the study were showing increased risk of heart disease, stroke and breast cancer. Last week's announcement concerns estrogen alone, which, it turns out, slightly increases a woman's risk of stroke but not of heart disease or breast cancer...
...higher stroke risk was comparable to what researchers had seen for the estrogen-progestin combo. Even at that, the increase was rather slight?about 8 additional strokes per 10,000 women. "Women should not feel this is some grand emergency for them," says Dr. Barbara Alving, director...
...were a little bit excited,” said senior coxswain Dave Kang. “And we were probably at a little bit too high a stroke than was optimal...
Looking to shave seconds from its time and sharpen its execution, Harvard (9-1) moved junior and former stroke Nate Rogers into the heart of the engine room at the six-seat, swapping him with classmate Pat Haas. The move appeared to work almost too well early on as the Crimson worked itself into such a frenzy that it quickly settled into an unsustainable pace...
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius...