Aspirin prevents stroke but not MI in women; vitamin E has no effect on CV disease or cancer.

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Julie E. Burning, ScD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; principal investigator, Women’s Health Study

Address: Julie E. Buring, ScD, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston, MA 02215; e-mail jburing@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Dr. Buring has received investigator-initiated research funding and support as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Aging) and Dow Corning Corporation; has received research support for pills and/or packaging from Bayer Health Care and the Natural Source Vitamin E Association; has received honoraria from Bayer for speaking engagements; and has served on a study’s external scientific advisory committee for Procter & Gamble.

This Medical Grand Rounds article is based on edited transcripts from a Heart Center Grand Rounds presentation at Cleveland Clinic. It was approved by the author but was not peer-reviewed.

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Dr. Buring has received investigator-initiated research funding and support as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Aging) and Dow Corning Corporation; has received research support for pills and/or packaging from Bayer Health Care and the Natural Source Vitamin E Association; has received honoraria from Bayer for speaking engagements; and has served on a study’s external scientific advisory committee for Procter & Gamble.

This Medical Grand Rounds article is based on edited transcripts from a Heart Center Grand Rounds presentation at Cleveland Clinic. It was approved by the author but was not peer-reviewed.

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Julie E. Burning, ScD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston; principal investigator, Women’s Health Study

Address: Julie E. Buring, ScD, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 900 Commonwealth Avenue East, Boston, MA 02215; e-mail jburing@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Dr. Buring has received investigator-initiated research funding and support as Principal Investigator from the National Institutes of Health (the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Cancer Institute, and the National Institute of Aging) and Dow Corning Corporation; has received research support for pills and/or packaging from Bayer Health Care and the Natural Source Vitamin E Association; has received honoraria from Bayer for speaking engagements; and has served on a study’s external scientific advisory committee for Procter & Gamble.

This Medical Grand Rounds article is based on edited transcripts from a Heart Center Grand Rounds presentation at Cleveland Clinic. It was approved by the author but was not peer-reviewed.

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