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Nutrition and Osteoporosis

CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Robert M. Russell, M.D., and Bess Dawson-Hughes, M.D.

Dr. Dawson-Hughes is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University and Chief of the Calcium and Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Osteoporosis Foundation, serves on the Councils of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the International Bone and Mineral Society and has published over 195 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts and reviews. Dr. Dawson-Hughes reports no commercial conflict of interest. In the last three years, Dr. Russell has received grant/research support from BASF and Roche Vitamins. Dr. Russell has also served as a consultant for Whitehall Robbins-Quaker.

Release Date: 01/05/1999
Termination Date: 01/05/2002

Estimated time to complete: 1 hour(s).

Albert Einstein College of Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds^®, you should be able to:

Discuss the World Health Organization's definition of "osteoporosis" using bone mineral density measurements
Discuss the value of vitamin D and calcium in the prevention of osteoporosis
Provide a rational approach in treating osteoporosis.