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The WHI continues to contribute to the science of women’s health through extension and ancillary studies. The WHI is the largest women’s health prevention study ever conducted.

In 2015, the WHI study was awarded the 2015 Team Science Award from the Association for Clinical and Translational Science (ACTS), "given in recognition of the WHI team's success in the translation …

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) launched in 1991 with a $625 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health. It was designed to address risk …

Apr 24, 2025 · The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced the cancellation of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), its first and largest study centered on women’s health [read the …

Jul 29, 2024 · In 1991, the US National Institutes of Health, or NIH, launched the Women’s Health Initiative, or WHI, which is one of the largest and one of the first long-term, nationwide studies of …

Please refer to the Publications section of the WHI website for a complete list of published WHI papers.

The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) is a large women’s health study sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) that examines the major causes of heart disease, cancer, and …

May 6, 2025 · The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) investigators are pleased to report that last night we learned through our official NIH channel that WHI will be allowed to continue.

WHIMS was an ancillary study to the WHI Hormone Trials and enrolled 7,427 women aged 65 years and older. WHIMS investigated the effects of hormone supplementation on risk of probable dementia and …