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“One of the best ways to build and maintain healthy bones is through exercise,” noted Professor Helmut Minne, IOF Board member and author of Move it or Lose it: How exercise helps to build and maintain strong bones, prevent falls and fractures and speed rehabilitation.

The

Abstracts are now being accepted for the only global congress dedicated specifically to all aspects of osteoporosis. The deadline for abstracts is December 6, 2005.

Over 5,000 osteoporosis specialists and allied health professionals are expected to attend the IOF World Congress on

Goal to speed smokers’ recovery from combat injuries -

Researchers have received a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study ways in which nicotine from cigarette smoke may interact with stem cells to slow the healing of bone injuries.

Smoking has been shown to

At the International Osteoporosis Foundation World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies conference, held in Bangkok, Thailand, from September 27-30, 2005, eleven national osteoporosis societies won IOF grants valued at US$ 126,000.

IOF-Novartis Osteoporosis Education

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered that plant-derived compounds known for their ability to protect tissue also appear to block the activity of an enzyme that triggers inflammation in joints. Their findings, based on experiments with human cells in a lab, could lead to new arthritis

A new data analysis of the Fracture Prevention Trial showed that increases in bone mineral density (BMD) account for 30 to 40 percent of the vertebral fracture risk reduction seen with teriparatide.

This work is important because it helps to explain how teriparatide works to prevent

Weight-bearing exercise is one of the principal recommendations for preventing and treating the loss of bone densitythat can lead to osteoporosis. However, exercise isn’t always possible,particularly for the frail.

An experimental device may help solve this problem, reports the

For the first time, the largest global gathering of people fighting osteoporosis took place in Asia.

Held in Bangkok, Thailand from September 27-30, 2005, the IOF World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies gathered 200 delegates who manage osteoporosis patient societies in

Abbott today announced that it has started enrolling patients in a new U.S. clinical study to evaluate the potential benefits of its Wallis?Mechanical Normalization System, a new spinal implant technology for the treatment of mild to moderate degenerative disc disease designed to stabilize the

Over 70% of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis* who expressed a preference, preferred once-monthly Bonviva, finding it more convenient than a once-weekly treatment. This is according to new data presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone Mineral Research