The schedule for daily media briefings which will take place during the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis:
Date: Friday June 2, 2006
Time: 15:15-16:15
- Ego Seeman 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis Scientific Highlights
- Dave Williams Space travel, immobility and bone health
- Maureen McTeer Osteoporosis A Canadian perspective 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable
- Justine Pasek Osteoporosis A Latin American perspective 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable
On June 2, 2006, in one of the Congress highlights, space explorers and earth-bound medical experts will examine the links between immobility and bone health at the Bone Research in Space Symposium. Canadian physician and astronaut Dr. Dave Williams, who is the first Canadian to have lived in both the ocean and space, is one of the panel of Symposium experts.
As part of the 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable, to be held in conjunction with the Toronto Congress, nine prominent women from around the world will call for action by policy makers, health professionals and individuals to fight the silent epidemic of osteoporosis. The women come from the fields of public service, journalism, medicine, fashion, philanthropy, the arts and sport.
IOF WCO website http://www.osteofound.org/wco/2006/index.php
Date: Saturday June 3, 2006
Time: 12:15-13:15
- John Kanis WHO Criteria for indications to treatment
- Pierre Delmas Diagnosis update
- Socrates Papapoulos Treatment update
- Thierry Chevalley Influence of care in nursing home
Date: Sunday June 4, 2006
Time: 12:15-13:15
- Patricia Clark Health economics and epidemiology
- Jane Cauley Osteoporosis in Men
- Cyrus Cooper Infancy, Childhood, Maternal health and osteoporosis
Date: Monday June 5, 2006
Time: 12:15-13:15
Contact: janice blondeau
jblondeau@osteofound.org
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