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Physicians' Health Study

The Physicians' Health Study began as a long-term study of the effects of aspirin and beta-carotene on cancer and cardiovascular disease. Now in phase II, it tests the effects of vitamins on cancer, cardiovascular disease, and age-related eye disease. The participants are also tracked for other health issues, too.

Affiliation: Teaching hospitals
Web site: http://phs.bwh.harvard.edu/

Recent articles about Physicians' Health Study

Eating whole-grain cereals may help men lower heart failure risk (October 22, 2007)
Elevated BMI may not increase risk of death among men with heart attack or stroke (Brigham and Women, November 24, 2004)
Risk of stroke from obesity is now measurable (Harvard University Gazette, December 12, 2002)

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