With only two weeks until October 20th and World Osteoporosis Day, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its network of more than 265 member patient and medical societies worldwide ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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It is our great pleasure to announce the individual winners of this year’s prestigious IOF and ESCEO annual Awards. The Awards pay tribute to the scientific work, individual ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis & Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) and the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) have ...

A new report by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) draws attention to the burden of osteoporosis and the gaps and inequalities in the provision of primary and secondary prevention of ...

The International Osteoporosis Foundation is delighted to announce that the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) has presented the prestigious 2021 ECTS Steven Boonen Clinical Research Award to its President, Professor ...

Healthcare professionals, public and patients in Iran have benefited from the many impactful outreach and educational activities carried out by the Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute (EMRI) in Iran. A ...

The IOF Skeletal Rare Disease Academy Awards are presented to young investigators in recognition of research excellence in the field of skeletal rare bone diseases. Five awards of 1000 USD ...

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As bones are a living tissue, all the decisions we make throughout life have an impact on our skeleton. We mustn’t forget that maintaining strong and healthy ...

IOF recently had the pleasure to be invited to the ‘Ageing population & Autonomy’ Roundtable organised by representatives of the French Parliament in cooperation with ANCO (Alliance Nationale Contre l’Ostéoporose) ...

Thanks to major progress in the understanding and management of rare congenital diseases and syndromes, many patients with these rare disorders are now living longer lives. With this progress it ...