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Date: 11/12/09 | Section: News & Events
December 3 at 2 PM EST, Dr. Elizabeth Shane is presenting an ASBMR webinar called Premenopausal Osteoporosis: How to Diagnose, Evaluate and Manage Osteoporosis in Premenopausal Women.This FREE educational activity will provide 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Cre...
Date: 11/11/09 | Section: News & Events
Researchers at Southern California Kaiser followed 650,000 patients enrolled in the Healthy Bones Program from 2002 to 2007 and were able to demonstrate a 38% reduction in hip fracture. They estimate that with the program they were able to prevent 970 hip ...
Date: 10/26/09 | Section: News & Events
Dr. Jonathan Mansbach from Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston analyzed data on 3,000 children age 1 to 11 and concluded that on average 20% of them do not get enough vitamin D. Findings of deficiency were even higher in His...
Date: 10/18/09 | Section: News & Events
Dr. Risa Kagan discusses the use of bisphosphonate therapy for women discontinuing use of hormone therapy in a North American Menopause Society Menopause e-Consult. Her response indicates that treatment is dependent on the individual's fractu...
Date: 10/14/09 | Section: News & Events
Researchers at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry studied the benefit of having geriatricians and orthopedic surgeons work together to manage the care of hip fracture patients. Despite the older patient population with greate...
Date: 10/08/09 | Section: News & Events
The North American Menopause Society has posted the presentation made at their annual meeting including an Update on Current & Future Osteoporosis Treatments by Dr. Steven Harris.
Date: 10/08/09 | Section: News & Events
The North American Menopause Society has posted podcasts of the sessions included a summary of SERMS and Bone by Dr. Steve Cummings.