SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kyphon Inc. (Nasdaq: KYPH) today announced that it is supporting the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education (FORE) to raise awareness about osteoporosis and spinal fracture risk during World Osteoporosis Day on Saturday, October 20, 2007.
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To raise awareness of ways to maintain healthy bones and fight bone fracture, Kyphon is supporting the IOF on its year-long campaign "Beat the Break: Know and Reduce Your Osteoporosis Risk" that will launch on World Osteoporosis Day. Kyphon is spearheading a program to raise up to $10,000 to support osteoporosis awareness. For each unique click to http://www.kyphon.com/us/WOD, Kyphon will donate $1 to the IOF.
"Kyphon is proud to be supporting the International Osteoporosis Foundation's 'Beat the Break' campaign," said Richard Mott, president and chief executive officer of Kyphon. "Since 1998, Kyphon's balloon kyphoplasty procedure has been used to treat some 340,000 patients worldwide with spinal fractures primarily caused by osteoporosis. Through our support of the IOF and other organizations, we hope to bring about early detection of spinal fractures caused by this disease so that patients can receive appropriate treatment."
As part of its local community efforts to raise awareness of
osteoporosis, Kyphon is funding free bone density scanning at a Bone Fair
on Saturday, October 20, 2007 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pacific T
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