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10:00Women's Health Initiative

Conclusions from 15 year $735 million Womens Health Initiative sponsored by the National Institute of Health challenge conventional thinking on how older women can reduce risks for heart disease, cancer, and osteoporosis. We'll discuss results of the study and implications for women's health.

Guests

Dr. Judith Hsia, cardiologist, George Washington University, and principal investigator, Women's Health Initiative, National Institutes of Health

Dr. Bernadine Healy, health editor, U.S. News & World Report; former director, National Institutes of Health; former director, the American Red Cross; author, "Living Time: Faith and Facts to Transform Your Cancer Journey."

Tara Parker-Pope, columnist, The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health

11:00Sonia Nazario: "Enrique's Journey" (Random House)

The true story of boy's dangerous journey to re-unite with his Honduran mother who emigrated to the United States.

Guests

Sonia Nazario, reporter for the Los Angeles Times.

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