Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Announces First Virtual Patient Education Day

[Guest guest]

For the first time, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, along with the

Therapeutics Development Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

(UAB), will

host a free, live Virtual Patient Education Day -- via the Web -- where people

with cystic fibrosis (CF) and their families can watch, learn and ask

questions.

Title: The Patient As A Partner in Research -- topics to be covered:

The Importance of Clinical Trials

Currently Approved Treatments: Future Potential

CF Nutrition: Research and Practice

When: Thursday, August 14, 7:00 p.m. CDT (8:00 p.m. EDT; 6:00 p.m. MDT;

5:00 p.m. PDT)

Presenters:

K. Randall Young, Jr., M.D., Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, UAB

JP Clancy, M.D., Director, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UAB

Wooldridge, M.S.R.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Nutrition

Sciences, and Co-Director of the Pediatric Pulmonary Center at UAB

<A HREF= " http://www.mediaprosf.com/clients/tvn/ " >Click here to register.</A>

To view this Web cast your computer must have Microsoft Media Player. You may

download Microsoft Media Player for free by going to: <A

HREF= " http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp " >

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/default.asp</A>.

Note: Participation will be limited to the first 500 people online. You must

pre-register to participate. Log onto <A

HREF= " http://www.cff.org/ " >www.cff.org</A> and click on " Virtual

Patient Education Day " and use code # PT814 when you register. By

pre-registering,

you will be able to submit questions for the physicians to answer during the

Web cast. Log on today to secure your place!

The first Virtual Patient Education Day live Web cast was made possible

through

an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, Inc.