Photo by Ray
Stubblebine
U.S.
Surgeon General Vice Admiral Richard H.
Carmona (L) met with representatives
from the National Osteoporosis
Foundation (NOF) as well as Dr. Keith McCormick
(R) in Dr. Carmona's Rockville,
MD office on October 5, 2005 to discuss
the one-year anniversary of the release
of the Surgeon General's Report on
Bone Health and Osteoporosis,
released October 14, 2004. The
discussion touched on the importance of
exercise in building and maintaining
peak bone mass. Dr. McCormick, of
Amherst, Massachusetts, a former
Olympian and Ironman competitor, was diagnosed with
osteoporosis in 2000. He competed
for the second time in the Ford Ironman
Triathlon World Championships on October
15, 2005.
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