6th International Symposium on Osteoporosis

描述(申请人提供)：第六届国际骨质疏松症研讨会：现状和未来方向，华盛顿特区，2005年4月6-10日。 作为全国领先的志愿健康组织，专门致力于骨质疏松症和终身骨骼健康，国家骨质疏松症基金会(NOF)的S使命包括对医疗保健提供者的临床教育的高度重视。 NOF每两到三年举办一次国际研讨会，吸引了大约1500名顶尖医生、研究人员、医学专家和其他保健专业人士，他们寻求关于美国最常见的代谢性骨骼疾病的最新信息。 研讨会的总体目标是聚集骨质疏松症预防和治疗方面的国际科学和公共卫生领导人，分享最新发现，并就这一重大和日益严重的公共卫生问题的未来研究和公共卫生方向进行合作和建立共识。2005年第六届国际骨质疏松症研讨会的计划：现状和未来方向包括55多位演讲者，他们介绍了骨质疏松症诊断和治疗方面的科学进展、预防战略、当前的研究成果以及研究和公共卫生的未来方向。随着卫生局局长关于骨质疏松症和骨健康的报告的发布，存在着一个特殊的机会。报告所引起的兴趣激增和在基线科学知识方面建立的共识为专题讨论会提供了传播研究成果的机会，并为讨论和后续行动提供了一个高级别的国际论坛。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): 6th International Symposium on Osteoporosis: Current Status and Future Directions Washington, D.C. April 6-10, 2005. As the nation's leading voluntary health organization solely dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health across the lifespan, the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)'s mission includes a strong emphasis on clinical education for healthcare providers. Every two to three years, NOF hosts an international symposium that attracts an audience of approximately 1500 leading physicians, researchers, medical specialists and other health care professionals seeking state of-the-art information on the nation's most common metabolic bone disease. The overall goal for the Symposium is to gather international scientific and public health leaders in osteoporosis prevention and treatment to share the latest findings and collaborate and build consensus on future research and public health directions for this major and growing public health issue. The 2005 program for the 6th International Symposium on Osteoporosis: Current Status and Future Directions includes over 55 speakers presenting on scientific advances in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, prevention strategies, current research findings, and future directions in research and public health. A special opportunity exists with the release of The Surgeon General's Report on Osteoporosis and Bone Health. The groundswell of interest generated and the consensus in baseline scientific knowledge established by the report present the opportunity for the Symposium to disseminate findings, and to provide a high-level international forum for discussion and follow-up.