Posts Tagged ‘Osteoporosis Australia’
Failure to prevent fractures costing Australia billions each year
The brittle bones of Australians aged 50+ are expected to cost $3.1 billion in 2017, while the total cost over 10 years will climb to $21.9 billion by 2022. This is according to the first reports to analyse the cost and burden of poor bone health for all States and Territories nation-wide released by Osteoporosis…
Read MoreA tribute to Professor Phil Sambrook
It is with great sadness that I learned this month of the tragic passing of leading Australian rheumatologist, past-President of the Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society (ANZBMS) and inaugural Medical Director of Osteoporosis Australia, Professor Phil Sambrook. Phil passed away in peace at his Kangaroo Valley retreat with his loving wife and…
Read MoreAussies embrace World Osteoporosis Day 2011
Thank you to everyone who supported World Osteoporosis Day and Osteoporosis Australia’s Building Healthy Bones Throughout Life Summit yesterday. VIVA! has been supporting World Osteoporosis Day and the fantastic work of OA for nine years, and we were thrilled to see so many Aussies getting behind the ‘Love your bones’ theme for 2011. The Summit…
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