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Since the IOM released updated recommendations on calcium and vitamin D intake in late 2010, the issue been hotly debated among those who say that the recommendations were too weak, and others who say that they have been inappropriately used to herald vitamin D as the next wonder substance.

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American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting

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Dr. Ellen Gravallese: The Face of Translational Rheumatology

Dr. Ellen M. Gravallese has had a trail-blazing and award-winning career in which she has straddled rheumatology to make... »

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Jun 6 - 9 Berlin,	EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism): 2012 Congress
Aug 23 - 25 San Francisco, CA	University of California, San Francisco (UCSF): Rheumatology Board Review and Clinical Update
Sep 2 - 5 Copenhagen,	Scandinavian Congress of Rheumatology (SCR)
Sep 28 - 29 Newport Beach, CA	5th Annual Perspectives in Rheumatic Diseases presented by Rheumatology News, Internal Medicine News & Family Practice News
Nov 9 - 14 Washington, DC	American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Annual Scientific Meeting
Nov 14 - 17 Prague,	Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS): Annual Meeting
Jan 26 - Feb 1 ,	American College of Rheumatology (ACR): Winter Rheumatology Symposium
Feb 6 - 9 Maui, HI	Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium 2013
Feb 13 - 16 Ottawa,	Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA): Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting
Sep 21 - 25 Natal,	11th World Congress on Inflammation

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