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Register now for the IOF Regionals -- 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting

April 21st, 2010

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) invites you to attend the IOF Regionals: 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting to be held in Singapore from December 10 - 13, 2010. Register online at www.iofbonehealth.org/singapore2010

The scientific programme will provide clinicians, orthopaedists, and other health professionals with the latest information on prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related fractures.

Low rates for allied health professionals, students and participants from selected low income nations. Reduced early bird rates until October 13, 2010!

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Highlights from scientific program include:

Plenary Sessions

Epidemiology of Fractures: East vs. West
The Asian Audit
Bone Quality and Architecture
Identifying Gaps in Osteoporosis Management & Strategies to Overcome Them
FRAX® and Its Clinical Implications
Corticosteroid Induced Osteoporosis: Practical approaches
Exercise and Bone
Calcium, Other Nutrients and Bone
Who to Treat, When to Start, What Drug and How Long?
Vitamin D Deficiency Across Asia
What's New on the Horizon in Therapy?
Fracture Prevention in Asia: Where Do We Go from Here?

Scientific Roundtables

Orthopaedic Roundtable
Diagnostic Roundtable

Meet-The-Experts Sessions

Oestrogens & Bone in women & men
Vertebroplasty/Kyphoplasty
Vitamin D analogues for fracture prevention
Developing osteoporosis guidelines in Asia
Bone markers in clinical practice
Putting the research together - how to write a paper and prepare a 10-minute oral

Oral Presentations

There will be an opportunity for oral presentations, selected from the best submitted abstracts.

Satellite Symposia

A number of slots are reserved for industry-sponsored symposia.

Patient Forum and Bone Health Exercise Event

IOF, in conjunction with the Osteoporosis Society of Singapore, will hold a Patient Forum, just prior to the opening of the meeting. This will be an excellent opportunity for patients and their families to interact with bone experts form the region. On Sunday morning a bone health exercise event will be held, finishing with a bone-friendly breakfast.

Provided by International Osteoporosis Foundation

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