I think we should have lowered expectations of what a lifestyle intervention trial can show over a relatively short period of time. Against a climate of less research funding overall, it's going to be harder to do these kinds of trials in the future. -Jacques Rossouw

 

I think we should have lowered expectations of what a lifestyle intervention trial can show over a relatively short period of time. Against a climate of less research funding overall, it's going to be harder to do these kinds of trials in the future.


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I think we should have lowered expectations of what a lifestyle intervention trial can show over a relatively short period of time. Against a climate of less research funding overall, it's going to be harder to do these kinds of trials in the future.

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That is a pretty clear signal that there is still something here. I'm hopeful that we will show significant results as we follow these women longer.

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This study shows that just reducing total fat intake does not go far enough to have an impact on heart disease risk. -Jacques Rossouw
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These are secondary analyses and are exploratory to some extent.

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These findings are reassuring for women who want to use these hormones around the age of menopause in the short term for the relief of symptoms.

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We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated. This is the nature of science: to have incremental gains and setbacks. We have a duty as scientists to put the best information out there at any given time, even if it can become confusing. -Jacques Rossouw
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I can see how a lot of women might be confused. People would like very clear results with a very clear health message, and, unfortunately, these results are not very clear.

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