On December 14th, the Royal Osteoporosis Society published the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Osteoporosis and Bone Health's Inquiry report into the postcode lottery for osteoporosis care. 

The report ...

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On the occasion of World Osteoporosis Day, Dr Philippe Halbout, CEO of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), advocated for secondary prevention of fractures in front of authorities ...

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Bernardo Stolnicki, a renowned Brazilian orthopedic surgeon committed to bone health and the prevention of osteoporotic fractures, on ...

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On World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) urges doctors, hospital administrators, and healthcare systems to respond to the global fragility fracture crisis by ensuring ...

Nurses play a central role in post-fracture care coordination programmes in their capacity as coordinators and as medical caregivers who interact closely with the patients to provide targeted post-fracture care ...

Adapted from the Osteoporosis New Zealand press release

Osteoporosis New Zealand has launched new Clinical Standards for Fracture Liaison Services that underpin a nationwide strategy to prevent older adults who ...

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Fragility fractures are the most important clinical complication of osteoporosis. Worldwide, one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 will suffer ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation’s (IOF) Capture the Fracture^® program has launched a new, enhanced online platform to enable coordinated post-fracture care services (including ‘Fracture Liaison Services’, or FLS) to ...

Currently, only 20% of patients who sustain a fragility fracture are offered screening or treatment for osteoporosis. This treatment gap represents a missed opportunity to protect patients from a future ...

Asian countries are facing the most marked increase in fragility fractures globally, with the number of people at high fracture risk expected to double from 2010-2030. By 2050 approximately half ...

The Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) Fracture Liaison Service has achieved the highest standard of coordinated post-fracture care, earning a Capture the Fracture^® Gold Standard certificate in recognition of ...

Today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and Osteoporosis Canada (OC) are pleased to announce the inclusion of 42 Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) from the Osteoporosis Canada FLS Registry on the ...