Memorial Medical Center to hold free seminar on Osteoporosis

[October 14, 2015]  SPRINGFIELD – Memorial Medical Center will host a free seminar on osteoporosis and low bone mass at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation.

The program, titled “Preventing Achy, Breaky Bones,” will feature Dr. Venkat Ganapathy, an orthopedic surgeon with SIU HealthCare, and Tonya Reddy, a nurse practitioner with Springfield Clinic. The seminar will be in 2A Theatre Classroom.

An estimated 54 million Americans are living with or are at risk for osteoporosis and low bone mass. The seminar will discuss what participants can do to decrease their risk of fractures.

Other topics will include risk factors associated with osteoporosis and how calcium, vitamin D and exercise affect the bones.

The Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation is at 228 W. Miller St., at the southeast corner of Rutledge and Miller streets. Free parking is available on the first and third levels of the parking garage south of the center at Rutledge and Carpenter streets. The garage entrance is off Klein Street.

To register, visit MemorialMedical.com or call [phone].

[Michael Leathers, Memorial Health Systems]