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Actress Sally Field and National Health Leaders Will Discuss Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment
“Healthy Bones, Healthy Life,” a Capitol Hill breakfast briefing sponsored by the Society for Women’s Health Research and the National Osteoporosis Foundation. A panel of experts will present information on advances in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Actress Sally Field, an osteoporosis patient and advocate, will talk about her experience with the disease.
May 10, 2007
Actress Sally Field and National Health Leaders Will Discuss Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment
Briefing Open to the Media
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WHAT: |
“Healthy Bones, Healthy Life,” a Capitol Hill breakfast briefing sponsored by the Society for Women’s Health Research and the National Osteoporosis Foundation. A panel of experts will present information on advances in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Actress Sally Field, an osteoporosis patient and advocate, will talk about her experience with the disease. |
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WHO:
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Ethel Siris, M.D., Professor, Clinical Medicine, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University; Director, Toni Stabile Osteoporosis Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, N.Y., will speak about osteoporosis as a beatable and treatable disease. Laura Tosi, M.D., Director, Bone Health Program, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, D.C., will speak about the progress being made in bone health research. Sally Field, Actress and osteoporosis patient and advocate, will speak about the importance of working to prevent osteoporosis at a young age. |
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WHEN:
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Thursday, May 17, 2007 |
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WHERE:
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G-50 Dirksen Senate Office Building |
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MEDIA CONTACTS:
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Richard Schmitz (Society for Women’s Health Research) |
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PRESENTED BY:
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Society for Women’s Health Research and National Osteoporosis Foundation |
This briefing is made possible by support from Roche and GlaxoSmithKline .
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The Society for Women’s Health Research is the nation’s only non-profit organization whose mission is to improve the health of all women through research, education and advocacy. Founded in 1990, the Society brought to national attention the need for the appropriate inclusion of women in major medical research studies and the need for more information about conditions affecting women exclusively,disproportionately, or differently than men. The Society advocates increased funding for research on women’s health; encourages the study of sex differences that may affect the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease; promotes the inclusion of women in medical research studies; and informs women, providers, policy makers and media about contemporary women’s health issues. Visit the Society’s Web site at www.womenshealthresearch.org for more information.
Established in 1984, the National Osteoporosis Foundation is the nation’s leading voluntary health organization solely dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health. Its mission is to prevent osteoporosis and related fractures, to promote lifelong bone health, to help improve the lives of those affected by osteoporosis, and to find a cure through programs of awareness, advocacy, public and health professional education and research. For more information on osteoporosis and bone health, contact NOF online at www.nof.org or by telephone (800) 223-9994.
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