FMA Journal Publishes Special Issue on Osteoporosis.Business Editors TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. articles in the special osteoporosis issue of the Journal of the Florida Medical Association, Florida now ranks near the top of all states in terms of funding for osteoporosis prevention. &uot;Much more is known about osteoporosis today than even a few short years ago,&uot; stated Mathis Becker, M.D., President of the Florida Medical Association. Many new developments have occurred in recent years. &uot;In 1998, the National Osteoporosis Foundation The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is an American voluntary health organization dedicated to osteoporosis and bone health. Its headquarters are in Washington, D.C.. (NOF) presented its guidelines for testing and treating women with osteoporosis, which were received with some controversy. In this issue, Ken Gray, M.D., comments on the NOF guidelines and identifies some of the problems we face in trying to apply them,&uot; stated Silvina Levis, M.D., Guest Editor and Associate Professor/Director of the Osteoporosis Center at the University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U School of Medicine and the Miami Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. Medical Center. &uot;Medical societies have long struggled with the difficult problem of designing osteoporosis practice guidelines practice guidelines Medical practice A set of recommendations for Pt management that identifies a specific or range of range of management strategies. See Peer review organization, Practice standards. Cf 'Cookbook' medicine. .&uot; For many years, estrogens Estrogens Hormones produced by the ovaries, the female sex glands. Mentioned in: Acne, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome estrogens (es´trōjenz), n. and injectable calcitonin calcitonin /cal·ci·to·nin/ (-to´nin) a polypeptide hormone secreted by C cells of the thyroid gland, and sometimes of the thymus and parathyroids, which lowers calcium and phosphate concentration in plasma and inhibits bone resorption. were the only FDA-approved drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis, and estrogens were the only alternative for prevention of the disease. Now, the practitioner can choose from a variety of agents. In this special issue, Nelson Watts, M.D., comprehensively reviews all FDA-approved drugs for both prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. Also in this issue: -- Guy Howard, M.D., addresses recent advances that could lead to novel treatments of age-induced osteoporosis; -- Carol Davis, P.T., explains the physical therapist's approach to evaluating and counseling individuals with osteoporosis; -- Paul Miller, M.D., discusses inconsistencies in the diagnosis of osteoporosis; and -- Ms. Peggy Lassanke describes the data gathered from the Elder Floridians Foundation's Project -- Osteoporosis, an extensive educational and screening program in the state of Florida. The FMA FMA Full Metal Alchemist (gaming) FMA Federal Marriage Amendment FMA Financial Market Authority (Austrian: Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht) FMA Financial Management Association is a professional association dedicated to the service and assistance of physicians and their patients in Florida. The FMA currently represents approximately 16,000 members on issues of legislative and regulatory affairs, medical economics, public health, education, ethical and legal issues. This publication was funded through a grant from Merck &Co., Inc. |
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