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Cartagena City Council has signed up to work with the Hispanic Foundation for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Diseases (FHOEMO) and Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) in the organization of unacampaña information on osteoporosis, which develops throughout the day today and tomorrow, Thursday, in order to prevent the onset of the disease and reduce its major complications.
In Cartagena, particularly in the Medical Office of the Municipal Sports Pavilion will be made during these two days with ultrasound densitometry tests for people with the following schedule: Wednesday 11 th, from 09:30 to 13:30 and 16:00 20:00 pm and on Thursday 12, from 09:30 to 13:30 and 16:00 to 17:30.
Also on Thursday, day 12 at 18:00 pm and Ramon Alonso Luzzy Cultural Center, will be held unaconferencia-symposium on osteoporosis by Dr. Andrés Martínez-Almagro, dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, the Physical Activity and Sport of San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia.
Councillor for Women, Rosario Montero, has been commissioned to present these days, accompanied by the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Physical Activity and Sport of San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia, Andrés Martínez- Almagro, and FHOEMO coordinator, Rafael Herrero.
Organizing this conference, as we have done before, is a way to reach people with this disease and, above all, try to prevent it, which is the main objective, said Montero.
PREVENT FROM CHILDHOOD
Osteoporosis is considered one of the most common diseases in our country, suffered primarily by women.
In recent years, has now become a global public health problem that affects over 200 million people worldwide.
In Spain, an estimated 3.5 million people with osteoporosis and each year there are over 100,000 osteoporotic fractures.
It therefore constitutes a public health problem of great magnitude on its prevalence, morbidity and mortality caused by it and by the consumption of medical resources involved.
The simple implementation of hygienic-dietary measures and the establishment of diagnostic densitometry testing in people at risk, not only help prevent its onset, but also serve to minimize the associated complications.
The tendency is to direct prevention efforts toward younger, trying to create healthy eating habits, such as the Mediterranean diet, rich in calcium and vitamin D, avoiding a sedentary lifestyle and cope with anorexia, which often causes severe osteoporosis in very young girls.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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