Jacques Rossouw
Jacques Rossouw
Jacques Rossouw is a South African-born physician and epidemiologist. He retired as head of the Women's Health Initiative, and is based in Washington, D.C...
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The study is poised to capitalize on the huge advances that have been made in the field of genomics. The best may be yet to come.
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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.
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These are secondary analyses and are exploratory to some extent.
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Based on our findings, we cannot recommend that most women should follow a low-fat diet.
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We don't see these as null studies. There are strong suggestions the benefits will show themselves.
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I wouldn't worry about the headlines today. There's something happening here. If we persist a little longer, we'll nail it.
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We as scientists need to be responsible in our public health messages, and provide a balance. But the media picked up the message as the fact these trials are overturning conventional wisdom. They haven't.
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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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We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated.
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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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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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I can see how a lot of women might be confused.
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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.