“‘No Bones About It’ — Promote and Protect Your Bone and Muscle Health,” a free, inside look into the latest advances in prevention and treatment of osteoporosis, will be presented Wednesday, Sept. 2, 6-7:15 p.m., at Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, DuVal Auditorium, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson.
Osteoporosis, the m
ost common form of bone disease, is characterized by low bone density and structural deterioration of bone tissue as we age, leading to bone fragility and increased risk of fractures of the hip, spine and wrist. An estimated 54 million Americans age 50 and older are affected by osteoporosis, with a 2004 U.S. Surgeon General report on bone health indicating 1.5 million people a year suffer a related fracture. Of those, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted U.S. women are four times as likely as men to suffer from osteoporosis of the hip or spine — with 306,000 hip fractures, resulting in an average hospital length of stay of 5.8 days.
In this special presentation, Jeffrey Lisse, MD, an internationally recognized expert in osteoporosis and the medical director of the University of Arizona Arthritis Center’s Osteoporosis 
Program, will present cutting-edge research and information on the prevention of excess bone and muscle loss as we age.
Dr. Lisse will discuss individual variations around the norms and the importance of preventive strategies for osteopenia (bone mineral loss), osteoporosis and sarcopenia (muscle tissue loss). He also will guide participants on practical steps that individuals at risk can take to have a lifetime of bone and muscle health.
Dr. Lisse serves as medical director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program and is a practicing rheumatologist in the UA Division of Rheumatology and a professor of medicine in the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, where he holds the Ethel McChesney Bilby Endowed Chair for Osteoporosis. He has been a board member of the Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition (AZOC), Southwest Osteoporosis Council and the UA Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition. He is a past president of AZOC, past interim director of the Arizona Arthritis Center and past chief of the UA Division of Rheumatology.
Open to the pub
lic, the free, 75-minute presentation will include time for questions and answers. Light refreshments will be provided. Parking is available in the Banner – University Medical Center Tucson visitor/patient parking garage just south of the hospital’s main entrance; please bring your parking ticket to the lecture to be validated.
Seating is limited and prior registration is required. For more information or to register, please visit the UA Arthritis Center website www.arthritis.arizona.edu or call 520-626-5040 or email livinghealthy@arthritis.arizona.edu
The lecture is part of the “Living Healthy with Arthritis” series of free monthly talks, presente
d by the University of Arizona Arthritis Center at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson and supported through the Susan and Saul Tobin Endowment for Research and Education in Rheumatology.
Upcoming lectures in the fall 2015 series include:
- Wednesday, Oct. 7, 6-7:15 p.m., Topic: TBA, Jolene Hardy, MD, assistant professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, and a specialist in Sports Medicine.
- Wednesday, Nov. 4, 6-7:15 p.m., “Battles of the Bad Back,” Patrick Bouley, PT, MS, manager, Physical Therapy Outpatient Services, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, Banner – UMC Alvernon Physician Offices and the UA Cancer Center clinical facilities at 3838 N. Campbell Ave.
(Both lectures will be held in DuVal Auditorium.)
About the University of Arizona Arthritis Center
The University of Arizona Arthritis Center, a Center of Excellence at the UA College of Medicine – Tucson, is a research leader with a focus on identifying the causes of arthritis and developing improved diagnosis, measurement and treatment of the disease. For more information, please visit www.arthritis.arizona.edu.
About The Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC)
The University of Arizona Health Sciences Center (AHSC) is the statewide leader in biomedical research and health professions training. AHSC is comprised of the UA Colleges of Medicine (Phoenix and Tucson), Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health with main campus locations in Tucson and the growing Phoenix Biomedical Campus in downtown Phoenix. From these vantage points, AHSC reaches across the state of Arizona and the greater desert Southwest in providing cutting-edge health education, research, patient care and community outreach services. A major economic engine, AHSC employs almost 5,000 people, has nearly 1,000 faculty members and garners more than $126 million in research grants and contracts annually. For more information: http://ahsc.arizona.edu.