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UCSF faculty speaking at NIH Osteoporosis Conference; findings to be announced on Wednesday, March 29

Four faculty from UC San Francisco are speakers at a National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy currently taking place in Washington, DC.

The three-day meeting is organized as a forum for summarizing the latest scientific information about the disease. It will conclude with a news conference to discuss the findings on Wednesday, March 29 (1:00 pm EST).

The UCSF participants and topics of their presentations are:

• Nancy E. Lane, MD, UCSF associate professor of medicine based at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center -- "Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis and the Rheumatic Diseases."
• Douglas C. Bauer, MD, UCSF assistant professor of medicine -- "Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover."
• Dennis M. Black, PhD, UCSF professor of epidemiology & biostatistics - "Use of T-Scores to Establish Comparable Diagnostic Categories for Bone Densitometers."
• Steven R. Cummings, MD, UCSF professor of medicine, epidemiology & biostatistics, and assistant dean for clinical research - "Follow-up and Monitoring of Patients."

Media who would like to interview the UCSF participants, either in Washington or when they return, can make arrangements through the UCSF News Services Office by contacting Leslie Harris at (415) 885-7277 or Corinna Kaarlela at (415) 476-3804.

For information about the NIH consensus statement and news conference, contact Judith Wortman (301/496-8190) or John Bowersox (301/496-4819), or log on to the conference website at: http://consensus.nih.gov.

Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue, leading to bone fragility and an increased susceptibility to fracture, especially of the hip, spine, and wrist. It is the most prevalent of the bone diseases that affect Americans, and women are four times more likely than men to develop osteoporosis. In the U.S. an estimated 10 million individuals have the disease, and 18 million more have low bone mass, placing them at increased risk for developing it.

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