TORONTO, Ont., Feb, 23, 2011 — Women who take commonly prescribed drugs for osteoporosis known as bisphosphonates for five years or more may be at higher risk of certain kinds of fractures of their thigh bone, a new study has found.
However, th…
Three days of critical international discussion and debate, led by a panel of experts from the International Society of Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), have served to clarify a number of important qu…
At a press conference held in Brussels today, the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), the Belgian Bone Club and the European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group called on health care professionals and health policy officials in Europe to…
An article just published in the scientific journal ‘Osteoporosis International’ introduces a validated new model that can be used to describe the current and future burden of postmenopausal osteoporosis in different national settings.
The model,…
