Dr Avrum Bluming

Since we published the first edition of our book in 2018, I've gotten letters not just from around the United States, but from all over the world.

The book has now been translated into Spanish and German and Chinese.

And there's a Polish edition that's coming out soon.

And I get letters from Bangladesh and Senegal, all over the world.

And it's the same thing.

Women are facing that same problem.

And

It's worth pointing out that you and I can banter back and forth and say we've known each other now for over seven years and we've been in agreement since the first minute we met.

And that has just gotten stronger.

And so people listening saying, well, fine, these two people agree, but I hear people who are respected disagreeing.

And the answer is there really isn't that kind of disagreement.

And it's important to know that.

Although the Women's Health Initiative came out first and said it increases the risk of heart attacks and death from heart attacks, their population had a median age of 63.

Less than – 70% of the women were over 60, between 60 and 70.

Very few were in the target population that we're talking about.

More than half were women.

markedly overweight.

Close to half were smokers or previous smokers.

This is a population that had a much higher risk of heart disease than the one we're talking about now.

And what the Women's Health Initiative now says and has published, but the New York Times hasn't reported,