Nurses' Health Study Seeks New Enrollees

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the harvard school of public health and brigham and women's hospital in boston ma are excited to announce that the nurses' health study is growing. started in 1976 and expanded in 1989, the information provided by its 238,000 dedicated nurse-participants has allowed nhs to produce key advances in literally hundreds of important topics altering medical practice and changing national dietary guidelines. nurses' health study 3 is now accepting nurses into their newest study.

we hope you will act as an ambassador to encourage your colleagues to join this new study. for the new cohort, the plan is to enroll over 100,000 female nurses (rns and lpns) and nursing students between 20 and 46 years old (born after january 1, 1965). the new study is entirely web-based. to learn more and to join, nurses should visit www.nhs3.org

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what can you do?

to help spread the word you can:

* join the study if you are eligible. to join now click

* encourage your younger colleagues to visit www.nhs3.org

and join the study

* forward this email message

* print out information about how to join the study

* reach out in other ways to nurses who might be interested in joining. for

example:

* through nursing groups or organizations that you are involved with

* posting information about the study at your job

* in your online communities, like email lists or facebook

* local or national media contacts you may have

* if you are in a union, ask if they can help spread the word

your encouragement will go a long way to help explain how a small commitment to a study like this is of extraordinary value for research into the causes of disease and the factors that promote healthy lives.