Details

Organization:	Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases: National Resource Center
Address:	2 AMS Circle
	Bethesda
	Maryland
	20892-3676
	USA
Phone:	1-800-624-BONE
TTY:	202-466-4315
Fax:	202-293-2356
Email:	Osteoinfo@osteo.org
URL:	http://www.osteo.org/199901news.html

Description

• The National Resource Center, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health (NIH), provides patients, health professionals, and the public with an important link to resources and information on metabolic bone diseases, including osteoporosis, Paget's disease of the bone, osteogenesis imperfecta, and hyperparathyroidism. The National Resource Center is dedicated to increasing the awareness, knowledge and understanding of physicians, health professionals, patients, underserved and at-risk populations (such as Hispanic and Asian women, adolescents, and men) and the general public about the prevention, early detection and treatment of osteoporosis and related bone diseases.