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Charles H. Hennekens
Researcher at Florida Atlantic University
Publications - 114
Citations - 14751
Charles H. Hennekens is an academic researcher from Florida Atlantic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Aspirin & Myocardial infarction. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 114 publications receiving 14308 citations. Previous affiliations of Charles H. Hennekens include Mount Sinai Hospital & University of Miami.
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A randomized trial of low-dose aspirin in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women
Paul M. Ridker,Nancy R. Cook,I-Min Lee,David Gordon,J. Michael Gaziano,JoAnn E. Manson,Charles H. Hennekens,Julie E. Buring +7 more
TL;DR: This large, primary-prevention trial among women showed that aspirin significantly reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, ischemic stroke, and myocardial infarction among women 65 years of age or older.
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Postmenopausal Estrogen and Progestin Use and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Francine Grodstein,Meir J. Stampfer,JoAnn E. Manson,Graham A. Colditz,Walter C. Willett,Bernard Rosner,Frank E. Speizer,Charles H. Hennekens +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relation between cardiovascular disease and postmenopausal hormone therapy during up to 16 years of follow-up in 59,337 women from the Nurses' Health Study, who were 30 to 55 years of age at base line.
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Postmenopausal hormone therapy and mortality.
Francine Grodstein,Meir J. Stampfer,Graham A. Colditz,Walter C. Willett,JoAnn E. Manson,Marshall M. Joffe,Bernard Rosner,Charles S. Fuchs,Susan E. Hankinson,David J. Hunter,Charles H. Hennekens,Frank E. Speizer +11 more
TL;DR: The relation between the use of postmenopausal hormones and mortality among participants in the Nurses' Health Study, who were 30 to 55 years of age at base line in 1976, was examined.
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Schizophrenia and increased risks of cardiovascular disease.
Charles H. Hennekens,Charles H. Hennekens,Alissa R. Hennekens,Danielle Hollar,Danielle Hollar,Daniel E. Casey +5 more
TL;DR: The chief cause of excess premature mortality among patients with schizophrenia is CHD, caused mainly by their adverse risk factor profile, which is cigarette smoking, obesity leading to dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and diabetes, and hypertension.
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Weight, weight change, and coronary heart disease in women. Risk within the 'normal' weight range.
Walter C. Willett,JoAnn E. Manson,Meir J. Stampfer,Graham A. Colditz,Bernard Rosner,Frank E. Speizer,Charles H. Hennekens +6 more
TL;DR: Higher levels of body weight within the "normal" range, as well as modest weight gains after 18 years of age, appear to increase risks of coronary heart disease (CHD) in middle-aged women.