Dr. Burstin to Kickoff NOF’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 20 in Washington, DC The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) announced Helen Burstin, MD, MPH, FACP, Chief Scientific Officer of The National Quality Forum, as the keynote speaker for the 2015 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis (ISO15). Dr. Burstin will deliver the keynote address, “Opportunities for Performance… Read more »
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NOF Announces 2015 Recipient of the Lawrence G. Raisz Memorial Lecture Award »
Dr. Robert Recker to Kickoff NOF’s Interdisciplinary Symposium on Osteoporosis (ISO15) The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) announced Dr. Robert Recker, Immediate Past President and long-term NOF Board of Trustees member as the recipient of its 2015 Lawrence G. Raisz, MD Memorial Lecture Award. Dr. Recker will present at the opening session of NOF’s Interdisciplinary Symposium… Read more »
NOF and NBHA Work to Promote the Fracture Liaison Service Model of Care »
We are pleased to share the following Wall Street Journal article featuring NOF and the National Bone Health Alliance’s (NBHA) Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) Demonstration Project and highlighting the critical need to implement FLS programs to reduce the post-fracture diagnosis, screening and treatment gap. The article focuses on the issue of osteoporosis among men and… Read more »
Finding New Health Benefits for Vitamin K »
A Special Report included in the February issue of the Tufts Nutrition Newsletter details the emerging health benefits associated with vitamin K and includes NOF’s position statement cautioning against vitamin K supplementation to prevent osteoporosis and broken bones. Read the full article.
Possible Downsides of Drinking More Milk »
This article from the February issue of the Tufts Nutrition Newsletter details the recent Swedish study linking higher milk consumption with negative health outcomes and points out that the takeaway message on milk is hard to determine at this point. Despite the article’s headline, even the Swedish researchers cautioned against making sweeping dietary changes based… Read more »
Milk Does a Body Good? A Look at the Science »
This Associated Press article takes a look at the recent questions surrounding the benefits of milk consumption and the milk producers new social media campaign that aims to rebuild confidence in the health benefits of milk. Read the full article.
NOF Clinical Director, Dr. Andrea Singer, Published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings and Featured in Reuters Article on Fractures »
NOF Clinical Director, Dr. Andrea Singer, is lead author of an original article on the burden of fracture on postmenopausal women published in the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The study found bone fractures due to osteoporosis lead to more hospitalizations and greater healthcare costs than heart attack, stroke or breast cancer for U.S…. Read more »
Consumer Reports on Health – Good News about Osteoporosis Meds »
The December issue of Consumer Reports on Health announces “Good News about Osteoporosis Meds.” A recent review of 294 studies completed since 2005 concluded that certain drugs to treat low bone density can reduce the risk of a spinal fracture by 40 to 60 percent in high risk women, and other fractures can be reduced… Read more »
Milk intake and risk of mortality and fractures in women and men: cohort study »
The release of an observational research study conducted by the Department of Surgical Sciences at Uppsala University in Sweden, and published recently in The BMJ, has raised fears that drinking three glasses of milk a day doesn’t lower your chances of suffering a broken bone and may even increase risk of an early death. The… Read more »
NOF President, Dr. Robert Gagel’s New York Times Letter to the Editor Published Online »
NOF President, Dr. Robert Gagel’s response to a recent New York Times article regarding falls and fractures was selected for online publication. Read the full Letter to the Editor.