We have long sought the answer to the question: Does postmenopausal hormone therapy prevent heart disease and, if it does, what are the risks? The bottom-line answer from [the Women's Health Initiative] is that this combined form of hormone therapy is unlikely to benefit the heart,

Although research has shown the value of aspirin for people who have had a heart attack or stroke, aspirin regimen therapy is not appropriate for everyone.

Both studies clearly show no increased risk of coronary heart disease with estrogen-alone therapy.

Both studies clearly show no increased risk of coronary heart disease with estrogen-alone therapy, and help clarify the individual assessment of risk and benefit. This new information may be reassuring to millions of women who currently take, or are appropriate candidates for, estrogen-alone therapy.

There's our No. 1 therapy for people with heart disease or for people with a moderate risk of developing heart disease. It's the only proven therapy to treat high cholesterol.

I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.