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📢 Join our upcoming Capture the Fracture webinar: “Advanced age, dementia, frailty: is it ever too late to treat patient...
04/06/2026

📢 Join our upcoming Capture the Fracture webinar: “Advanced age, dementia, frailty: is it ever too late to treat patients in an FLS?”

🗓 June 24, 2026 at 5:00–6:00 PM CEST
🎤 Speaker: Dr Cathleen Colon-Emeric
🎙 Moderator: Dr Andrea Singer

Older adults living with frailty, dementia, and advanced age face a significantly higher risk of falls and fragility fractures — yet they are often underdiagnosed and undertreated in fracture prevention pathways. This webinar will explore whether it is ever “too late” to treat, and how FLS models can adapt to meet the complex needs of this growing patient population. Key learning points include:

✔️ Fracture risk and life expectancy assessment in advanced age
✔️ Lag time to benefit for osteoporosis treatments
✔️ How the “Geriatric 4Ms” can guide care in frail older adults

Free registration 🔗 https://bit.ly/3S7vqbl

Here’s an insightful interview with Professor Elaine Dennison, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK from t...
03/06/2026

Here’s an insightful interview with Professor Elaine Dennison, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK from the recent World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (WCO-IOF-ESCEO) in Prague. Professor Dennison discusses key Congress themes, including fracture liaison services, treatment and life-course prevention approaches, and important takeaways.
👉 https://bit.ly/4wXifK8

Did you miss the Opening Ceremony at the WCO-IOF-ESCEO Congress 2026? Professor René Rizzoli's popular "Best Clinical Pa...
01/06/2026

Did you miss the Opening Ceremony at the WCO-IOF-ESCEO Congress 2026? Professor René Rizzoli's popular "Best Clinical Papers 2025" lecture is now available to watch free of charge on the IOF Academy. In this engaging session, he shares his personal perspective on some of the most interesting scientific publications of 2025, highlighting key findings and the insights they bring to the field.

Watch now 👉 https://bit.ly/49xkLNa

Our recent webinar “Sedentary Behaviour, Physical Activity and Bone Health”, presented by Prof. Şansın Tüzün, is now ava...
29/05/2026

Our recent webinar “Sedentary Behaviour, Physical Activity and Bone Health”, presented by Prof. Şansın Tüzün, is now available on the IOF Academy. Learn about the impact of physical activity and sedentary behaviour on bone health outcomes, including their effects on BMD and fracture risk across different stages of life.

Access here ▶️ https://bit.ly/3RLPzDK

There are many benefits to medication induced weight loss on an individual’s overall health, however, there are also imp...
27/05/2026

There are many benefits to medication induced weight loss on an individual’s overall health, however, there are also implications on bone and muscle health that need to be considered and managed.

On June 4th, Osteoporosis Canada will be hosting a webinar with Dr. Claudia Gagnon who will discuss how GLP-1 treatments are changing not only appetites but individual habits, the strategies needed to mitigate bone and muscle loss in the context of medical weight loss and nutrient and exercise recommendations.

Register here: https://bit.ly/49UdAyG

🚶‍♀️ Did you know that regular walking may help reduce the risk of hip fractures in older women?A 20-year study followin...
26/05/2026

🚶‍♀️ Did you know that regular walking may help reduce the risk of hip fractures in older women?
A 20-year study following more than 9,700 women age 65+ found that women who walked for exercise had a lower risk of hip fractures compared to those who did not walk for exercise.
Researchers found:
• Walking for exercise was associated with about a 14% lower risk of hip fracture
• Each additional block walked for exercise slightly lowered risk further

• Walking about 16 blocks per day (around 3,200 steps) was linked to a significant reduction in hip fracture risk
Interestingly, walking specifically for exercise showed benefits, while routine walking during daily activities did not show the same effect.
The good news? Walking is simple, low-cost, and accessible for many people. Even modest daily movement can support bone health, balance, strength, and overall wellness.
🔗 Read the study: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-025-07508-y

22/05/2026

Reminder❗ Still time to register for the webinar: Intervention Thresholds in Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), including Osteoporosis, with speaker Prof. Eugene McCloskey.
Free registration here 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Pl14RE

Date: 26 May 2026 / Time: 4:00 pm – 5.00 pm (CEST)

In NCDs, including cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, intervention thresholds play a key role in determining the optimal time to initiate treatment. They also support more efficient healthcare delivery by identifying individuals at the highest risk and enabling targeted intervention. During this session, Prof. McCloskey will:
▶️ Explain how intervention thresholds are applied in osteoporosis and how these principles extend across other NCDs
▶️ Clarify the important distinction between diagnostic criteria and intervention thresholds
▶️ Highlight how conflating these concepts can delay treatment and impact patient outcomes
▶️ Discuss strategies to improve timely intervention and optimise care across diverse populations and healthcare systems

We look forward to your participation in this important discussion on improving clinical decision-making and patient care!

🎉 A major milestone for global fracture prevention care!The 1,310 Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) in the global networ...
21/05/2026

🎉 A major milestone for global fracture prevention care!

The 1,310 Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) in the global network collectively identify more than ONE MILLION patients every year. 🌍

This reflects the growing worldwide commitment to coordinated post-fracture care services and secondary fracture prevention. Following a fragility fracture, patients face a significantly increased risk of future fractures — especially within the first two years. FLS play a vital role in ensuring patients receive timely osteoporosis assessment, treatment, and ongoing care to help prevent additional fractures.

Over the past five years, Capture the Fracture® has expanded three-fold, becoming the leading global initiative supporting multidisciplinary models of care for secondary fracture prevention through advocacy, education, mentorship, benchmarking, and recognition programmes.

👏 Thank you to the healthcare professionals, hospitals, and partners around the world who are helping close the care gap and improve outcomes for patients after fracture.

While this achievement is significant, we mustn't forget that access to coordinated post-fracture care is still limited in many regions, and continued efforts are urgently needed to ensure more patients receive the evidence-based care they deserve.

Together, let's build a future where secondary fractures can be prevented. 💙

Learn more about Capture the Fracture®: https://bit.ly/2AcBP9I

Great to see this interview in the European Medical Journal featuring Noriko Yoshimura, recipient of this year’s IOF CSA...
20/05/2026

Great to see this interview in the European Medical Journal featuring Noriko Yoshimura, recipient of this year’s IOF CSA Medal of Achievement. One particularly important point she highlights is that musculoskeletal health must be viewed through a much broader lens:
“...maintaining musculoskeletal health is closely linked not only to mobility, but also to frailty prevention, cognitive function, social engagement, and overall healthy ageing. This broader perspective is becoming increasingly important for sustainable healthcare systems.”
This perspective is increasingly important as populations age globally. Musculoskeletal health is not only about mobility — it is fundamental to independence, quality of life, social participation, and healthier ageing overall.

🆕 A narrative review by the IOF Osteoimmunology Working Group critically evaluates the current evidence on the role of v...
18/05/2026

🆕 A narrative review by the IOF Osteoimmunology Working Group critically evaluates the current evidence on the role of vitamin D in inflammatory rheumatic diseases, including its association with disease activity, potential immunomodulatory effects, and the clinical impact of supplementation. 🔎 The review concludes that:
• Vitamin D deficiency is a common and clinically relevant finding in inflammatory rheumatic diseases.
• Supplementation reliably restores adequate levels and may provide modest clinical benefits in deficient patients, however current evidence does not support a causal or disease-modifying role
• Maintaining serum 25(OH)D ≥30 ng/mL remains advisable for skeletal health, whereas its immunological benefits require further investigation through well-designed randomized trials.

Read the paper here 🔗 https://bit.ly/4wFXz9u

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