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Friday, January 05, 2018

Nurses’ Health Study 40 years


How a 40-Year-Old Study on “The Pill” Became the World’s Largest and Longest-Running Study of Health and Wellness

The Nurses’ Health Study, which started with 120,000 women in the mid 1970s, has irrevocably impacted how we understand diabetes, heart disease and cancers.
Highlights:

 The Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) began in 1976, with one clear purpose, to find "whether there are long term health effects of various forms of contraception."
NHS data led to monumental scientific contributions, including pivotal insights into the health effects of trans fat, how lifestyle influences cancer development, and revisions to the national dietary guidelines.
We interviewed Meir Stampfer, MD, DrPH, Principal Investigator of the Nurses’ Health Study, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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