OSTEOPOROSIS - UP-TO-DATE STRATEGIES FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT

GERIATRICS is pleased to highlight the clinical implications of resear ch topics supported by the American Federation for Aging Research. AFA R is the leading private foundation sponsoring research on the aging p rocess and diseases of the elderly. More than 800 new investigators an d students have received AFAR grants totaling more than. $20 million i n the years since AFAR was founded by Irving S. Wright, MD. The articl es in this series are designed to provide the primary care physician. with insights into the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention, and treatm ent of the diseases of aging.