WHI Matters Newsletter
This section contains a complete collection of the WHI Matters newsletter, the annual WHI participant newsletter. Special issues from 2005 and 2006 that summarize WHI findings are also included. The newsletter features study updates, participant profiles, and health and other information of interest to women.
WHI Matters
English versions of the newsletters, dating from 1995 through present, are listed below.
Please click
here for Spanish versions (Por favor, vaya
aquí para acceder a las versiones españolas desde 1995 hasta el presente).
Extension Study - 2019-2020
- Join Us at the 2020 WHI Celebration, Titled: A Vision of Women's Health
- The 2019 WHI Annual Meeting
- Focus on Findings
- Seeing Clearly? Tips for Taking Care of Your Eyes
- Center Information
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Extension Study - 2018-2019
- Focus on Findings
- Maintaining Your Oral Health
- Pedestrian Safety
- Center Information
Extension Study - 2017-2018
- Focus on Findings
- Ongoing WHI Ancillary Studies
- Recognizing Depression in Older Adults
- The Meaningful Volunteer
- Center Information
Extension Study - 2016-2017
- Focus on Findings
- Accessible Seating: What Are Your Rights?
- How has WHI Changed Your Health Habits?
- Center Information
Extension Study - 2015-2016
- What's New
- Focus on Findings
- Directing Your Health Care
- Grief Wisdom
- Center Information
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Extension Study - 2014-2015
- The Importance of Your Health Updates and Medical Records
- Focus on Findings
- Creating a MedInfo Form for Emergencies
- Center Information
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Extension Study - 2013-2014
- What's New in WHI
- Life and Longevity after Cancer (LILAC) Study
- Focus on Findings
- Letters to the Editor
- Center Information
Extension Study - 2012-2013
- What's New in WHI
- Snapshot of WHI Participants in 2012
- Letters to the Editor
- Keeping your Mind Fit as You Age
- Focus on Findings
Extension Study - 2011-2012
- Genetic Studies May Enhance Health Care
- Upcoming WHI Opportunities
- Focus on Findings
- Enhancing Health as You Age
- Stay in Touch
Extension Study - 2011
- Thank You for Your Continued Participation
- Focus on Findings
- Stay in Touch
Extension Study - 2009-2010
- WHI: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- The Women of WHI: Then and Now
- The Women of WHI
- Stay in Touch
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Extension Study - 2008-2009
- The Latest on WHI
- Preventing Falls in the Home
- The Women of WHI
- Stay in Touch
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- What’s New in WHI
- Latest Findings from WHI
- Finding Health Information on the Web
- Our Answers to Your WHI Questions
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Extension Study - 2006-2007
- Recent WHI Activities
- Your WHI Website
- Scientists and Participants Gather to Celebrate WHI
- WHI Legacy Conference Highlights
- The Latest Findings from WHI
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Clinical Trial Close-out - 2004-2005
- WHI Perspectives: A Look Back at the History of WHI
- The Women of the WHI Clinical Trials
- Focus on WHI Findings
- WHI Findings from the Observational Study
- What's Next for WHI?
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Observational Study Close-out - 2004-2005
- The Women of the Observational Study
- Focus on WHI Findings
- WHI Findings from the Observational Study
- What's Next?
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Volume 11 - 2006
- WHI - The Results Are In!
- The Diet/Health Connection. Results from the WHI Dietary Study
- Special Supplement for Comparision Participants of the WHI Dietary Study
- To Supplement or Not? That is the Question. Results from the Calcium and Vitamin D Study
- More Findings from the Hormone Study!
- Findings from the Observational Study
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Volume 10A - 2004
- WHI: Past, Present and Future
- A Word from the National Institutes of Health
- For Your Health
- Getting Connected to the Internet and the World Wide Web
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Volume 9B - 2004
- Science Update
- WHI Puts Participant in the Driver's Seat
- The Calcium and Blood Pressure Connection
- Wise Giving
- Dear WHI
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Volume 9A - 2003
- A Snapshot of WHI Efforts
- Focus on Findings
- The Quilt Built with Dedication
- For Your Health
- Finding Romance by Chance
- How to Protect Yourself Against Telemarketing Fraud
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Volume 8B - 2003
- The Pursuit of Answers
- An Unexpected Route to Friendship
- For Your Health
- Focus on Findings
- Dear WHI
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Volume 8A - 2002-2003
- To Use or Not to Use? WHI Weighs In On Hormone Question with Early Study Results
- A Word from the National Institutes of Health
- Where Ovarian Cancer Screening is Really At
- Vital Signs
- A Diagnosis of Breast Cancer
- Focus on Findings
- The Power of Observation. Why the WHI Observational Study is So Important
- Historic and Present-Day Pioneers Attract Writer
- For Your Health
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Volume 7C - 2002
- A Helping Hand in a Distant Land
- Dietary Comparison Participants Provide Answers, Too
- For Your Health
- Focus on Findings
- The A to ZZZ's of Sleep
- Conquering Constipation
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Volume 7B - 2002
- Getting Through the To-Dos
- WHI Participant Remembered
- Focus on Findings
- Vital Signs
- How to Get the Most from Your Doctor Visit
- Unpaid Labors Reward Lifelong Volunteer
- For Your Health
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Volume 7A - 2002-2001
- Searching for Clues in the Blood
- Focus on Findings
- Participant Sees the Seas
- For Your Health
- Dear WHI
- Testing Good Health
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Volume 6C - 2001-2002
- An Entertaining Life
- Depression
- Focus on Findings
- WHI Word Search
- Letters to the Editor
- For Your Health
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Volume 6B - 2001
- Take Care While Caregiving
- Vital Signs
- Charting Her Own Course
- Control Group Scoop
- For Your Health
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Volume 6A - 2000-2001
- A Tapestry of Women
- "Sew" Supportive of WHI
- 60 Years of Friendship
- For Your Health
- Living With Osteoarthritis
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Volume 5B - 2000
- The Means to an End
- Nurse Counters Crises
- Letters to the Editor
- We've Moved!
- Introducing Ruby Shiell
- For Your Health
- A Driving Need for Safety
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Volume 5A - 1999-2000
- The Women of WHI
- Keeping Connected
- For Your Health
- Dear WHI
- Taco Soup
- University of Florida WHI Clinics
- Prescription Drug Safety
- Coping With Loss
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Volume 4B - 1999
- Focus On Safety
- End Of Recruitment Reached
- Participant Sees Future - and Past - With WHI
- For Your Health
- Medical Hype: How to Read Between the Lines
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Volume 4A - 1998
- An Inside Look at WHI Lab Tests
- Hormone and Dietary Participants: Calcium/Vitamin D Needs You
- Embracing Life's Journey
- Boosting Your Memory
- For Your Health
- Letters to the Editor
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Volume 3B - 1998
- The Road Ahead
- Sisters Study Together
- "HaWHIan" Spirit Touches Many
- Shedding Some Light on Sun Safety
- Back to Basics: Hand Washing
- Creating a Family Portrait
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Volume 3A - 1997
- WHI In The News
- A Word From the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Community Leader Lends Hand to WHI
- Clowning Around in D.C.
- Environmentalist Plants Seeds for the Future
- Incontinence: Relieving a Common Problem
- Why Do I Still Need Pap Smears?
- Who You Know Could Help WHI
- For Your Health
- On Target Gift Giving
- CWCC Update
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Volume 2 - 1996
- WHI Today
- A Word From the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Teach Gives WHI an A+
- WHI May Be a Lifesaver!
- Going the Distance for WHI
- Put Your Best Foot Forward
- Hear Ye, Hear Ye
- Health Hotlines
- For Your Health
- Long-Distance Love
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Volume 1 - 1995
- WHI: Answers for Tomorrow
- A Word From the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Leader of the Pack: WHI's First Participant
- WHI is All In The Family
- Pioneering Spirit Leads to WHI
- Home, Save Home
- Participant Proves Life Begins at 50
- Questions and Answers about WHI...
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