Osteoporosis and fragility fractures have for too long been ignored in health policy. This has left millions of people – mostly older women – without access to the care and ...
January 30, 2020
The IOF Committee of National Societies (CNS), which now comprises 260 organizations from 100 countries/territories, was honoured to welcome nine new societies this past year. The new organizations, from all ...
February 03, 2020
El 1 y 2 de abril, en el marco del WCO-IOF-ESCEO 2020, se llevará a cabo una nueva edición del Curso de Osteoporosis Essentials (Clínica Track). El curso es una ...
February 20, 2020
El Congreso de la AMMOM, que se celebrará del 19 al 22 de marzo, será precedido por un evento especial de educación del paciente.
Del 19 al 22 de ...
February 20, 2020
Iniciando el año, ya estamos listos para presentar y compartir con ustedes la edición 2020 de este exitoso programa de capacitación a distancia.
Este año, el programa se realizará en ...
February 04, 2020
Advances in the treatment of children and adolescents with cancer have led to substantial improvements in survival, with a 5-year survival rate of childhood cancer close to 80%. However, treatments ...
July 02, 2019
The impact of interruption of anti-osteoporosis treatment in patients on therapy with bisphosphonates or denosumab is reviewed in a new International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) working group paper 'Fracture risk ...
July 08, 2019
Although you can’t see it or feel it, your bones may be getting thinner and weaker. Worldwide, one in three women and one in five men aged 50 and over ...
October 16, 2019
Marine fractured her spine while bending to help her disabled mother. Lo Lan broke her hip after tripping over a loose carpet in her home. Both women have something in ...
October 18, 2019
Presenting many new facts and figures, a 2nd edition of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Compendium of Osteoporosis has been launched to mark World Osteoporosis Day.
The IOF Compendium is ...
October 22, 2019
In 2018 the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) published the updated European guidance for the diagnosis ...
November 20, 2019
Vitamin D is essential for human health. Although much is known about its important role in bone metabolism and in certain areas of non-skeletal health, there are many open questions ...
November 26, 2019