Oct. 20 is World Osteoporosis Day.
World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on October 20, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated
to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone
disease.
Organized by the International Osteoporosis Foundation, World Osteoporosis Day
involves campaigns by national osteoporosis patient societies from around the world with activities
in over 90 countries. Join in your local World Osteoporosis Day events and campaigns taking place near you.
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LifeScience Moment: The Prescription Drug Amendment was signed into law."
On Oct. 26, 1951, the Durham-Humphrey Amendment, also known as the Prescription Drug Amendment,
was signed into law by President Harry S. Truman. The act defined two specific categories for medications:
legend (prescription) and over-the-counter (OTC).
The amendment was co-sponsored by former vice president and Minnesota senator Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. (D),
a pharmacist in South Dakota before entering politics, and Carl Durham (D), a pharmacist who represented
North Carolina.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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Red blood cell infected with malaria parasites. (Image: Courtesy NIAID)
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Science Quote
"A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education."
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George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist
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(1856-1950)
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to thank all of the front line workers who have supported us during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an historical crisis not
experienced since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19.
