Osteoporosis is a serious and growing healthcare problem in Europe, resulting in more than 4.3 million fragility fractures and enormous healthcare costs in excess of €56 billion annually. Nevertheless, it ...

This Global Week of Action on Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs), from September 5-11, 2022, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) joins the NCD Alliance to urge greater investment in NCDs, including osteoporosis ...

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Ten years after the publication of the first audit report on osteoporosis for the Latin American region in 2012, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) regional office for ...

An osteoporotic fracture occurs every three seconds worldwide.¹ 

With more than 50 per cent of the world’s hip fractures expected to occur in the Asia Pacific (AP) region ...

There is an evident lack of awareness about osteoporosis and fragility fractures in Spain, with both generating a long-term burden at the health and societal level and forecasted to increase ...

Osteoporosis is a major health care burden in Europe which results in 4.3 million fragility fractures and health care costs in excess of €56 billion annually.

Presenting impactful data for ...

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 ...

When it comes to osteoporosis and other bone disorders, timely diagnosis, treatment, and post-fracture care can make all the difference to patients’ lives. 

Whether they have osteoporosis, which is relatively ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By 2025 some 500 million people will be living with osteoporosis, a chronic disease which weakens bones and leaves older adults at risk of a fragility fracture - a broken ...