Read the article "Cheap combo pill cuts heart and stroke risks", (https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-08-cheap-combo-pill-heart.html) which appeared in The Seattle Times on August 23, 2019. Use the "Guidelines for Evaluation of a Study and a News Report" to evaluate this news article. Briefly comment on the study quality, interpretation, and the reporting done by the news article. You are not expected to read the original research article. Your answers can be listed as bullet points but should include a brief rationale for your answer.

1. Are alternative interpretations/explanations for the results provided?

2. What is the appropriate target population (if any) to which the results can be generalized?

3. Can you determine if this is a primary, secondary, or exploratory data analysis? If so, which is it?