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Participating in the Women’s Health Initiative
Volunteer patient Sylvia Roque waits to get her blood drawn by Alesandra Fowlks, LVN, of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). The national, 12-year project funded by the National Institutes of Health is the largest ever undertaken devoted exclusively to women’s health issues. The project targets postmenopausal women ages 50 to 79.