Both obesity and osteoporosis have become major health issues around the world, with prevalence increasing considerably over the last few decades and giving rise to multiple metabolic co-morbidities. Patients with ...

Join us for our next BoneCast webinar with our speaker, Assoc. Prof. Nicholas Fuggle, and moderator Assoc. Prof. Andrea Singer.

Participants will come away with:

• an educational foundation to the ...

A Position paper published by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Working Group on Epidemiology and Quality of Life [1] addresses the ongoing debate about the necessity and impact of incorporating ...

A position paper authored on behalf of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Vitamin D Working Group¹ summarises the burden of vitamin D deficiency and public health approaches for its ...

A new comprehensive review, authored by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Committee of Scientific Advisors Fracture Working Group on behalf of the IOF and the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery ...

Worldwide, it is estimated that one in five men over the age of 50 years will experience an osteoporotic fracture in their remaining lifetime, and the number of hip fractures ...

A new study has found that although most patients with osteoporosis would like to receive information regarding their fracture risk, only half of them actually receive it. In addition to ...

The risk of fragility fractures is increased in people with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. While guidance for the evaluation and management of fracture risk in these ...

That the skeleton “talks back” is a relatively new concept and the subject of intense and exciting research. A new special issue of Calcified Tissue International & Musculoskeletal Research has ...

Of all osteoporosis-related fractures, hip fractures cause the most morbidity with reported mortality rates up to 20-24% in the first year after a hip fracture. Loss of function and independence ...

The first study to define analytical performance specifications for 24,25-dihydroxyvitamin D examinations has been published by an expert working group of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) signed an agreement to develop a strategic roadmap on ...