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May 17, 2007 -- Actress Sally Field
Shares Personal Story About Living with
Osteoporosis at Capitol Hill Briefing |
 Academy
Award winning actress Sally Field
spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing on
May 17, 2007 in Washington, DC
addressing osteoporosis and bone
health. She
encouraged women to protect
themselves against fractures so they
can remain active and reduce their
risk of a debilitating injury.
The
briefing, "
Healthy Bones; Healthy Life
", was held by the
National Osteoporosis Foundation
(NOF) and the Society for Women's
Health Research.
NOF Handout photo by
Mike Theiler
|
 Ethel
Siris, M.D., president of NOF, (L),
spoke about protecting and strengthening
bones at all ages and reminded the
audience that osteoporosis remains a
major public health issue for more than
half of all women and a quarter of all
men over 50 in the U.S. She is joined by
Laura Tosi, M.D., (center), director of
the Bone Health Program at Children's
National Medical Center in Washington,
DC, who spoke about the progress and
goals of bone health research; and Sally
Field, (R), actress and osteoporosis
patient and advocate.
NOF Handout photo by Mike
Theiler |
Academy
Award
winning actress Sally
Field spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing
on May 17, 2007 in Washington, DC
addressing osteoporosis and bone health.
She
encouraged women to protect
themselves against fractures so they can
remain active and reduce their risk of a
debilitating injury. The briefing,
" Healthy
Bones; Healthy Life ", was held by the
National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)
and the Society for Women's Health
Research. Listening are Dr. Ethel
Siris, NOF
president and professor of clinical
medicine at Columbia University (L) and
Dr. Laura Tosi,
director at Children's National Medical
Center in Washington (C).
NOF Handout photo by Mike Theiler |
Leo Schargorodski,
Executive Director of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation (R), Sally
Field, Academy Award winning actress and
osteoporosis patient and advocate
(center), and Phyllis Greenberger,
president of the Society for Women's
Health Research (L).
NOF Handout photo by Mike Theiler |
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Click here to view the press release for
the "Health Bones; Health Life" Capitol
Hill Briefing. |
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