For women who are documented to have heart disease, women who have angina, who have had a heart attack, who've had bypass surgery, who've had angioplasty, that hormone therapy not be started for the purpose of cardiac protection, and the reason for it is for the potential early risk.
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most of us who believe so strongly in prevention would want to see -- the fact that women who do very simple lifestyle interventions get benefits.
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