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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Lisa Wolfington
410-604-3094
240-620-7934
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
HHS SECRETARY MIKE LEAVITT TO SPEAK
AT NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS FOUNDATION’S 7TH
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM APRIL 18 – 22,
2007 AT MARRIOTT WARDMAN PARK HOTEL
Latest Developments In Osteoporosis
Prevention, Diagnosis & Treatment To Be
Unveiled At Conference
Washington, DC – Health and Human
Services Secretary Mike Leavitt will
address attendees of the National
Osteoporosis Foundation’s International
Symposium on Friday, April 20 at 8 a.m.
NOF’s event will bring together a
faculty of internationally-renowned
experts to announce and discuss new
developments in the prevention,
diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis
at a comprehensive five-day conference
in Washington, DC. Improvements to
identify osteoporosis and fracture risk,
results of several clinical drug trials
to treat osteoporosis, and studies on
effects of vitamin D to prevent and slow
osteoporosis and other causes of falling
and fractures will be presented.
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EVENT:
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7th
International Symposium on
Osteoporosis:
Translating Clinical Research
Into Practice |
| WHEN:
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April 18 –
22, 2007 |
FEATURED
SPEAKER: |
Health and
Human Services Secretary Mike
Leavitt
Friday, April 20 at 8 a.m.
Mark
McClellan, MD, PhD
Thursday, April
19 at 8 a.m. |
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WHERE: |
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, DC 20008 |
For
the complete conference agenda, list of
speakers, session topics and times,
please visit the NOF Web site at
www.nof.org. For pre-conference
interviews, information and media
registration, please contact Lisa
Wolfington at 240-620-7934.
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