FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Richard
Schmitz
May 10, 2007
202-496-5011
Molly Carey
202-721-6341
MEDIA
ADVISORY
Actress Sally Field and National
Health Leaders Will Discuss Osteoporosis
Prevention and Treatment
Briefing
Open to the Media
WHAT:
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“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: |
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: |
Thursday, May 17,
2007
8:30-10:00 a.m. (breakfast will
be provided) |
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WHERE: |
G-50 Dirksen
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. |
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MEDIA
CONTACTS: |
Richard Schmitz
(Society for Women’s Health
Research)
202-496-5011
Richard@womenshealthresearch.org
Molly Carey (National
Osteoporosis Foundation)
202-721-6341
molly@nof.org |
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PRESENTED BY:
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Society for
Women’s Health Research and
National Osteoporosis Foundation
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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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