The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), the nation’s leading healthcare organization dedicated to bone health, today announced the launch of its new Spanish website, www.huesosanos.org. The new website offers the same expert information that is available from NOF’s English website, www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org. NOF’s most recent prevalence report showed that 2.5 million Mexican-Americans suffer from osteoporosis and low… Read more »
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La Fundación Nacional de la Osteoporosis Presenta su Sitio Web en Español »
La Fundación Nacional de la Osteoporosis (NOF), la principal organización de cuidado de la salud del país dedicada a la salud de los huesos, anunció hoy el lanzamiento de su nuevo sitio en español, www.huesosanos.org. El nuevo sitio Web ofrece la misma información experta que se encuentra en el sitio Web de NOF en inglés,… Read more »
Love Your Bones: October 20th is World Osteoporosis Day »
The National Osteoporosis Foundation is Joining Organizations Across the Globe to Raise Awareness and Provide Resources Promoting Bone Health With 10 million Americans suffering from osteoporosis and another 44 million with low bone mass, it is estimated that one in two women and up to one in four men over age 50 will break a… Read more »
NOF Announces Formation of the Paget Disease Initiative »
Merger with Paget Foundation Provides Information and Resources for Patients with Paget’s Disease The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), the nation’s leading healthcare organization dedicated to bone health, announced today that the Paget Foundation has merged with NOF. NOF has established the Paget Disease Initiative, which will be the premier resource for information on Paget’s disease… Read more »
NOF Support for Issues of Importance to Osteoporosis Patients »
NOF has been working hard on supporting issues of importance to osteoporosis patients by signing onto advocacy letters. Below you will be able to view and download letters we have signed onto: DXA Coalition Support Letter Medicare Community Statement LIS Co-Pay Letter SNAP Vitamin and Mineral Letter MassHealth Section 1115 Demonstration Amendment Request Medicare Access… Read more »
Huesos Sanos Radio Interview »
Our new huesosanos.org site was recently mentioned during a radio interview session. Click the following link to listen to the opening segment: https://www.bonehealthandosteoporosis.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Huesos-Sanos.mp3.
NOF Supporting the LIS Program »
NOF has joined with other leading patient advocacy organizations on the national and state level to support the LIS program within Medicare Part D. NOF has signed on to the attached letters along with hundreds of other national and state-level organizations. To review them, please click on the letters below:
NOF Seeking Effective & Exceptional Successor »
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) is the leading health organization dedicated to preventing osteoporosis and broken bones, promoting strong bones for life and reducing human suffering through programs of public and clinician awareness, education, advocacy and research. Its highly respected Executive Director/CEO is retiring after eight years and NOF seeks an exceptional, charismatic and effective… Read more »
New National Survey Reveals 82 Percent of Postmenopausal Women Miss Critical Connection Between Osteoporosis and Bone Fractures »
Joint Survey from National Osteoporosis Foundation, HealthyWomen and Radius Health Sounds an Urgent Call to Action for Women to Know Their Risk, Get the Facts: ‘Fractured Truth’ Education Campaign Addresses Entrenched Misperceptions, Asks Women to Rethink Their Beliefs About Bone Health WALTHAM, Mass., Aug. 10, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A fracture (bone break) in a… Read more »
Don’t Fall For A Fractured Truth »
NOF, HealthyWomen and Radius health recently launched a new education campaign called “Fractured Truth”. This initiative is intended to help postmenopausal women understand the connection between fractures and osteoporosis, the critical need to be proactive about their bone health, and to recognize the myths that are often associated with this disease. As part of the… Read more »