Marilyn Laws was prepping her backyard for a Christmas party last year when she tripped over and hurt her arm. Her husband rushed her to the emergency room, where she later underwent surgery for a broken forearm. Four months later ...

Australian hospitals still aren’t doing enough to make osteoporosis plans a priority for patients leaving hospital after a hip fracture – but they’re getting better at it. The Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR), based at Neuroscience Research ...

It might sound slightly counterintuitive at first, but Victorian researchers are suggesting that jumping might be key to helping reduce falls among post-menopausal women with osteoporosis. Key to this suggestion is the potential benefits of ‘neuromuscular power’. Published in Osteoporosis ...

New prevention guidelines launched in Sydney to target children. Encouraging children to exercise and eat enough calcium will be at the heart of new guidelines designed to curb Australia's growing osteoporosis problem. Health experts met in Sydney last week to ...

A dedicated fracture liaison nurse may be the answer to improving osteoporosis treatment. Most patients with fragility fractures are unaware they are at risk of osteoporosis risk, a new study has found. The researchers were implementing and assessing ways to ...