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      <title>New study to assess three simple, cost-effective strategies to promote healthy ageing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Multinational study to assess benefits of vitaminD3, omega3 and home exercise on prevention of chronic diseases in the elderly]]></description>
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      <title>IOF supports the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[IOFurges implementation of strategies to encourage active ageing and the prevention of age-related chronic diseases in seniors]]></description>
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      <title>IOF Advanced Training Course on Osteoporosis - Only one day to registration deadline!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=505</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) invites you to attend its popular IOF Advanced Training Course on Osteoporosis, scheduled for February 1-3, 2012, at Hotel InterContinental in Geneva, Switzerland]]></description>
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      <title>Reserve your place at the largest bone event in Europe</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=508</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Join IOF and ESCEO at the European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis (IOF-ECCEO12) in Bordeaux, France, March 21-24, 2012.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF Board announced for 2012-2016 term</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[New Board structure with four seats for each of five regions]]></description>
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      <title>Enormous growth in use of WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX)</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=503</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Free online calculator now available as version 3.5 in 45 models for 39 countries and in 18 languages]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF-ECCEO12 in Bordeaux: Abstract deadline January 12!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=502</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Submit your abstract to the European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis in Bordeaux <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iof-ecceo12.org">www.iof-ecceo12.org </a>]]></description>
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      <title>IOF announces three new osteoporosis policy-related initiatives in 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=500</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Planning and implementation of significant new projects discussed at meeting of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel and European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Brazil: Last call for abstracts- deadline extended to December 27</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=498</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Showcase your research at the IOF Regionals - 1st Latin America Osteoporosis Meeting, from May 24-27, 2012 in S&#xE3;o Paulo, Brazil.]]></description>
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      <title>Register now for the European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis: Early Bird Registration deadline on Dec. 9, 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=496</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register now for the European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis in Bordeaux - Early Bird Registration deadline on December 9, 2011]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=494</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Apply now for various grants and awards to be offered at IOF-ECCEO12 in Bordeaux]]></description>
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      <title>Archives of Osteoporosis now indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=492</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Papers appearing in Archives of Osteoporosis are now ensured greater impact]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Submit your abstract to the most important clinical bone meeting in Latin America</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=485</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/brazil-2012">Only one month to abstract deadline -&#xA0; December 16, 2011</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Abstract submission now open for European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=482</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Submit your research abstract to the European Congress of Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis - one of the most important annual bone events in the world, featuring the field&#x2019;s key international experts.]]></description>
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      <title>IOF Young Investigator Awards recognize research excellence at Dubai meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=480</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six researchers receive awards for top ranking abstracts at the International Osteoporosis Foundation&#x2019;s 1st Middle-East &amp; Africa Osteoporosis Meeting]]></description>
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      <title>Burden of osteoporotic fractures increases dramatically in the Middle East and Africa</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=481</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New report shows enormous human, social and economic cost of fractures in the region]]></description>
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      <title>Love your Bones on World Osteoporosis Day</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=478</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For this year&#x2019;s World Osteoporosis Day (October 20), IOF calls on the public and health professionals around the world to take action for bone health and osteoporosis prevention. The global campaign urges people of all ages to take three essential steps to set a strong foundation for healthy bones and muscles.]]></description>
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      <title>1st Middle-East and Africa Osteoporosis Meeting opens in Dubai</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=477</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Largest bone event ever held in the region draws close to 1000 researchers and health professionals]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF representatives receive Papal Audience</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[in conjunction with a World Osteoporosis Day event held in Rome, International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and Fondazione Italiana Raffaella Becagli (F.I.R.M.O.) representatives were greatly honoured to receive a Papal Audience.]]></description>
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      <title>International Osteoporosis Foundation supports World Menopause Day</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=476</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF joins the International Menopause Society on World Menopause Day, October 18th, urges&#xA0; action against menopausal symptoms in support of women's quality of life.]]></description>
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      <title>Three Steps to Unbreakable Bones on World Osteoporosis Day</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=475</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New report focusing on essential osteoporosis prevention strategies: Ensuring enough vitamin D, calcium &amp; protein, and daily exercise]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Social media brings bone health message to new generation</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=472</link>
      <description><![CDATA[World Osteoporosis Day campaign turns to social media for the first time with launch of Unbreakable Embrace campaign]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Walk for your Bones in Geneva - and around the world</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=469</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Read about the World Osteoporosis Day events to take place in Geneva from October 17 to 22, 2011]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Only two weeks to opening of major bone event in Dubai</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=468</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Regionals - 1st Middle-East &amp; Africa Osteoporosis Meeting, Dubai&#xD;
Online registration still open.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Women Leaders Roundtable in Armenia calls for action on osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=471</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In Armenia, the first Women Leaders Roundtable for osteoporosis met to discuss the serious problem of osteoporotic fractures in the country, calling for immediate action to relieve the burden of osteoporosis on patients, their families and society as a whole.]]></description>
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      <title>Capacity to diagnose osteoporosis doubles in Armenia</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=467</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New densitometers donated by Hologic, Inc; 5th Annual Osteoporosis Symposium draws record number of participants]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New issue of Progress in Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=464</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Read the latest issue of IOF's free online scientific review journal!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>UN Summit tackles global burden and threat of non-communicable diseases</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=465</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Comprehensive global monitoring framework for NCDs and set of voluntary global targets and indicators planned for end of 2012; to be followed up with comprehensive review and assessment in 2014.&#xD;
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      <title>Invitation to apply for the 2011 IOF- Servier Young Investigator Research Grant</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=463</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Less than one month to Dubai opening! Register now</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=462</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lower pre-registration rates available]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>FRAX now available as downloadable desktop application</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=461</link>
      <description><![CDATA[FRAX now available as stand-alone version that operates on a desktop or laptop computer without internet access.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Young investigators awarded for research excellence at Australia meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=466</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eight IOF Young Investigator Awards were presented by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) to young researchers from Australia, China, India and Japan, in recognition of their outstanding work.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Dubai: Last day for early bird registration!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=459</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Last call for pre-registration! Save by registering today!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Bone meeting opens in Australia with record numbers and broad regional representation</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=460</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Close to 800 health professionals and scientists from 40 countries attend Joint IOF/ANZBMS and JSBMR meeting to hear about latest clinical advances, news in bone research]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis opens online registration</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=458</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Clinicians and researchers invited to attend major bone congress in Bordeaux, France from March 21-24, 2012]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World Osteoporosis Day website launched</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=457</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Find out about the global World Osteoporosis Day campaign on<a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.worldosteoporosisday.org"> www.worldosteoporosisday.org</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF-ISCD review clarifies the use of FRAX in clinical practice</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=455</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Details strengths and limitations of the tool, provides recommendations for using surrogate country models]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF urges systematic osteoporosis management after vertebral fracture augmentation</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=454</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty are alternatives to conservative treatment of vertebral fractures; review calls for more research and systematic approach to osteoporosis management]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Calcified Tissue International expands its editorial leadership</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=453</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF journal features new associate editors, stronger focus on reviews and translational research]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF calls for improved strategies to close the treatment gap and reduce future burden of fractures</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=452</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Report states 13% of projected increase in fractures by year 2025 could be avoided cost-effectively with increased uptake of osteoporosis treatments]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Treatment gap leaves many older adults at unnecessary risk of fracture</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=451</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New report reveals low treatment uptake, inadequate implementation of national osteoporosis guidelines and poor adherence to therapy]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Landmark report reveals immense burden of osteoporotic fractures in Europe</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=450</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Economic burden of fractures in Europe far higher than previously estimated; fractures result in more costs and disability than many other common chronic diseases]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New version of WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) launched</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=447</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Free online calculator now available as version 3.3 in 40 models for 34 countries and in 16 languages]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Registration opens for 1st Middle-East &amp; Africa Osteoporosis Meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=448</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Healthcare professionals and key opinion leaders from throughout the Middle-East and Africa to meet in Dubai for landmark regional event - Abstract deadline June 17!]]></description>
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      <title>Breaking the fracture cycle through effective and coordinated models of care</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=446</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New IOF position paper recommends coordinator-based systems to manage fragility fracture patients&#x2014; potential for at least 25% reduction of hip fractures versus the expected rate]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Register now for the leading bone meeting in the Asia-Pacific region</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=445</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Early bird registration to June 22, Topical Seminars and Meet the Professor sessions to feature key thought leaders from the region]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF-ANZBMS abstract deadline extension to 20 May</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=442</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Young Investigator Awards for top 5 abstracts... showcase your research in OI]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor Cyrus Cooper awarded prestigious Heberden Medal</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=441</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The British Society for Rheumatology recognizes the Chair of IOF's Committee of Scientific Advisors for his outstanding achievements in osteoporosis research]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>2nd Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis &amp; Bone Meeting -Submit your abstract !</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=440</link>
      <description><![CDATA[NOTE: Deadline for abstracts extended to May 20 - Young Investigators eligible for awards]]></description>
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      <title>New IOF teaching tool helps health professionals identify vertebral fractures</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=437</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation launches updated &#x2018;Vertebral Fracture Initiative&#x2019;, a slide kit and teaching tool aimed at clinicians, radiologists and other health care professionals]]></description>
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      <title>Preliminary program announced for 2nd Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis &amp; Bone Meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=436</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF to hold joint meeting with the Australian &amp; New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS); call for abstract submissions]]></description>
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      <title>IOF- ISCD collaboration to create courses setting highest standards in diagnostic training</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=434</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF and ISCD extend Latin American collaboration worldwide to develop a new international densitometry course, with appropriate certification]]></description>
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      <title>Changing trends in hip fracture incidence around the world</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=427</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF calls for further research to understand changes in fracture rate incidence and to determine the future socio-economic burden of fragility fractures]]></description>
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      <title>Vitamin D deficiency maps highlight serious bone health issue for older people</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=425</link>
      <description><![CDATA[First findings of new vitamin D deficiency maps launched by IOF reveal that older people across Europe are not getting enough vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential for bone health and helps to prevent falls and fractures linked to osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=426</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of Biovision, the 7th World Life Sciences Forum, IOF joined other patient&#xD;
organizations and partners to raise awareness of the importance of nutrition in&#xD;
promoting public health and reducing risks of chronic or genetic diseases.]]></description>
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      <title>New study quantifies total costs of fragility fractures in six major European countries</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=423</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK alone, total cost of fragility fractures is 31 billion Euro per year]]></description>
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      <title>ICUROS study finds international variations in quality of life loss after fracture</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=424</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Osteoporotic hip and vertebral fractures with most serious impact on quality of life]]></description>
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      <title>ESCEO-IOF Servier Pierre D. Delmas Prize awarded to John. A. Kanis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=421</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Awarded in honour of a researchers outstanding scientific contributions to the field of bone and mineral metabolism]]></description>
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      <title>Bone specialists and clinicians from across Europe convene in Valencia, Spain</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=422</link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 4000 participants from 60 countries meet to hear about the latest clinical advances and new developments in bone research]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Bone societies from Australia, Colombia and Poland win grants for educational projects</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=419</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF-AMGEN/GSK Health Professionals Awareness Grants awarded for innovative campaigns directed at doctors and medical students]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Philippine Foundation awarded grant for innovative bone health awareness programme</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=420</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF-Anlene Nutrition Awareness for Bone Health Campaign Grant awarded at the IOF World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies in Valencia, Spain]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) recognizes the exceptional work of the Association &#x2018;Women without Osteoporosis&#x2019;]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=414</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Online registration for Valencia bone meetings is still open. Don't miss the most important European bone meetings of the year!]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Focus on use of social media as important tool for education, patient empowerment and advocacy]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=417</link>
      <description><![CDATA[OsteoLink&#xAE; answers need for better communications about osteoporosis with innovative online and in-person communities]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Editorial in&#xA0; Annals of Clinical Biochemistry&#xA0; urges adoption of reference BTM standards to faciliate clinical research]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[More than 4000 already registered! Online registration still open at <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.ecceo11-iof.org">www.ecceo11-iof.org</a>]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=411</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The newly created award recognizes outstanding and groundbreaking achievements in basic bone science. It will be presented on March 23rd at&#xA0; the opening of the European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis in Valencia.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=410</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An integral part of IOF's commitment to the fight against osteoporosis is the empowerment of women to take preventative action for healthy bones.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=408</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register before March 7 to take advantage of lower registration fees&#xD;
Receive up to 30 CME credits!]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=406</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Landmark report &#x2018;Eastern European &amp; Central Asian Regional Audit &#x2014; Epidemiology, Costs &amp; Burden of Osteoporosis in 2010&#x2019; shows alarming projections and reveals the poor status of post-fracture care and osteoporosis management in the region.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=407</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Arrive early and plan to attend the first Symposium 'Rheumatic Diseases and Bone' on March 23, 2011, prior to the opening ceremony:]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Due to the unforeseen circumstances in Bahrain, IOF and its partners, the Bahrain Osteoporosis Society and the Pan Arab Osteoporosis Society, have reluctantly decided to postpone the planned training course on May 5-6, 2011.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=403</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Web Version 3.2 of the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool now accessible via iPhone/iPad application; available online for 30 country-models and in 15 languages]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=405</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Only 2 weeks to pre-registration deadline for leading bone meetings in Valencia]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=401</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to announce the 2nd Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis and Bone Meeting, to be held in conjunction with the Australian &amp; New Zealand Bone &amp; Mineral Society (ANZBMS) Annual Scientific Meeting and with the Japanese Bone and Mineral Research Society]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=400</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register before March 7, 2011 at lower pre-registration rates. ECCEO11-IOF registrants receive free registration to the IOF-ESCEO Pre-Clinical Symposium...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=399</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ESCEO-AMGEN Fellowship Awards 2011 - Don&#x2019;t miss FEBRUARY 15 deadline! / ESCEO Young Investigators Awards for best abstracts by young scientists]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=391</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Results of recent CNS, CCA and regional elections for Asia-Pacific Advisory Council announced; new members in all committees welcomed]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=398</link>
      <description><![CDATA[High quality abstract submissions promise dynamic scientific forums in Valencia]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=395</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Submit your abstract to the leading European bone meetings of 2011 by FRIDAY JANUARY 14TH]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=394</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Survey findings underline importance of community-wide programmes to address unmet needs in osteoporosis management]]></description>
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      <title>Apply for the ESCEO-AMGEN Fellowship Awards 2011</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=392</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two awards valued at $50,000 USD each! Deadline for applications extended to February 15, 2011.]]></description>
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      <title>A new era for chronic diseases in Europe?</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=393</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation welcomes EU Council Conclusions on chronic diseases and urges action in Member States]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=390</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Showcase your research at the leading European bone meetings of 2011 by FRIDAY JANUARY 14. Abstracts submitted to the Pre-Clinical Symposium and selected for oral presentation receive 250 euro grants.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=389</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to announce that DSM Nutritional Products has joined the IOFCommittee of Corporate Advisors (CCA).]]></description>
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      <title>Standardised protocols would greatly enhance clinical and research potential of BTMs</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=388</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF and IFCC experts recommend international reference standards for use of bone turnover markers in clinical studies]]></description>
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      <title>Hamdan Award for Medical Research Excellence awarded to John A. Kanis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=387</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF President John A. Kanis receives prestigious international award in Dubai]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=385</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Early-bird registration deadline on December 17 for 20th IOF Advanced Training Course on Osteoporosis in Geneva, Switzerland]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=386</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Showcase your research at the most important European bone meetings of 2011]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=381</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Strategies to improve vitamin D status are essential, say experts; global vitamin D maps in development]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=382</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Regionals-1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting offers new platform for the latest osteoporosis research from Asia]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=383</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new study presented today at the 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Singapore confirms rising rates of hip fractures in Beijing, China.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=384</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Delhi study reveals high rates of vitamin D deficiency among hip fracture patients, confirms conclusions of similar international studies which point to vitamin D deficiency as a risk factor for hip fracture.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=379</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Online registration and abstract submission is available  <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.ecceo11-iof.org">www.ecceo11-iof.org</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Regional bone meeting draws 1000 health professionals from around the world</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=380</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation&#x2019;s 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting opens in Singapore]]></description>
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      <title>Free access to Osteoporosis International</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=378</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Get free access to the leading journal in the field until December 31!]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=376</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Although the vitamin D intakes recommended by the IOM may be adequate for most average risk seniors, IOF recommends higher daily intakes for high risk seniors...]]></description>
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      <title>It's a blockbuster!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=374</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Close to 800 international delegates already registered for the largest osteoporosis meeting in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010. Pre-registration rates still available until December 9. The venue is reaching capacity &#x2014; register online now!.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=377</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Calls for further study of these rare fractures; concludes that well known benefits of treatment far outweigh risk; doctors and patients should be aware and monitor for signs of atypical fractures]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=373</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the ESCEO-IOF/Servier Achievement Award &#x2014; Pierre Delmas Prize and the ESCEO-AMGEN Fellowship Awards 2010. Both awards will be&#xD;
presented at the <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.ecceo11-iof.org">European Congress on Osteoporosis &amp; Osteoarthritis </a>(ECCEO11-IOF).]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=371</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lower pre-registration rates are available until December 9!]]></description>
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      <title>International discussions on FRAX smooth the way for implementation in clinical practice</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=372</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Three days of critical international discussion and debate, led by a panel of experts...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=356</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Now held in Geneva, this popular 2 1/2 day CME-accredited course is limited to 250 participants. <a class="internal" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/gtc2011/online-registration.html">Register now</a> while places are still available!]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=368</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Spotlight on the severe impact of spinal fractures; IOF urges health professionals to recognize the signs of these fractures in their patients.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=364</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Millions of individuals left at risk of further fractures and long-term disability; experts call for early diagnosis and treatment]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=365</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Snap! the breaking spine photographic exhibition launched, reveals devastating impact of spinal osteoporotic fractures]]></description>
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      <title>World Osteoporosis Day 2010 campaign to launch in Brussels, Toronto, Mumbai and Mexico City</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=363</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Key message &#x2018;Don&#x2019;t miss the signs of a breaking spine&#x2019; reflected in new report and photographic essay]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=370</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Register for the<a class="internal" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/singapore-2010.html"> IOF Regionals-1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting</a> by Oct. 13 and take advantage of lower rates]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=470</link>
      <description><![CDATA[World Osteoporosis Day is coming up on October 20, 2011 - Help us promote the message of bone health!]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=362</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New report reveals tragic state of post-fracture care in the region, predicts huge increase in fractures due to ageing populations]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=360</link>
      <description><![CDATA[We invite you to be a part of a large global community dedicated to bone health and the fight against osteoporosis.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=358</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Article just published in Osteoporosis International introduces validated new model which is easily adaptable for use in countries where data is lacking]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=357</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Special ISCD-IOF conference to be held in Bucharest, Romania from November 11-13, 2010 will feature scientific presentations, open discussion and debate]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=354</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that IOF announces the passing of Lawrence Gideon Raisz M.D on August 25, 2010 at age 84. Dr. Raisz is renowned for his&#xA0;outstanding academic contributions as a researcher and clinician, and his influential role as a mentor and educator.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=353</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Opening address by Senior Minister Professor Jayakumar; focus on impact of osteoporosis in Singapore]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=352</link>
      <description><![CDATA[European Congress for Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis - March 23-26, 2011&#xD;
1st IOF-ESCEO Pre-Clinical Symposium - March 22-23, 2011]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=351</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Abstract deadline approaching; awards for outstanding abstracts by young researchers]]></description>
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      <title>Progress in Osteoporosis - free online review journal</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=349</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Volume 11, Issue 1 is now available online! Now with more than 10,000 registered readers...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=347</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A comprehensive new Argentinean epidemiological study reveals the staggering costs of osteoporosis in the country.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=345</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Calculation tool now available for Australia, Canada, Chinese Taipei (Taiwan), Colombia, Hungary, Mexico, the Netherlands, and South Korea; six additional languages provided; iPhone application for access in all clinical settings]]></description>
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      <title>Announcing the 1st IOF-ESCEO Pre-Clinical Symposium</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=344</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new forum for basic and translational research, showcasing cutting-edge new research by pre-clinical scientists]]></description>
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      <title>Osteoporosis International - most cited journal in the field of clinical osteoporosis research</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=343</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Newly released 2009 impact factor listings by the Journal Citation Reports&#xAE;, place Osteoporosis International as the most cited journal in clinical osteoporosis research with an impact factor of 4.997 (up from 4.290 in 2008).]]></description>
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      <title>3rd Baltic Congress of Osteoporosis to take place in Riga</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=333</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Baltic Congress to provide important regional forum on osteoporosis for a broad range of health professionals]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World Osteoporosis Congress in Florence with record attendance</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=332</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF WCO-ECCEO10 Congress which took place in Florence, Italy from May 5-8, 2010 was by all counts the most successful World Congress ever held, with 5, 500 registrants from all continents and more than 850 abstracts received. <a href="/download/osteofound/filemanager/wco/2010/IOF_WCO10-ppt_report.pdf" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/download/osteofound/filemanager/wco/2010/IOF_WCO10-ppt_report.pdf');"><span>View presentation</span></a><span class="fileinfo"> (PDF,&nbsp;3.3&nbsp;MB)</span>]]></description>
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      <title>IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant awarded to scientists from Switzerland and the Netherlands</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=328</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF has awarded the IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant to co-winners Dr. Frank de Vries, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, and Dr. Davide Ruffoni, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.]]></description>
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      <title>ESCEO-IOF-ABBH Young Investigator Awards recognize research excellence</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=329</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr Mark Bolland, New Zealand, and Dr Aline Gauthier, UK, win the ESCEO-IOF-ABBH Young Investigator Award.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New FRAX tools launched at World Congress on Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=330</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Calculator now accessible via iPhone Application; convenient multi-language tear sheets available]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Medal of Achievement for outstanding scientific contributions awarded to John A. Kanis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=325</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The prestigious IOF Medal of Achievement was awarded today at the IOF WCO-ECCEO10 Congress in Florence to Professor Emeritus John A. Kanis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>International Osteoporosis Foundation honours longtime associate</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=326</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professor Jos&#xE9; Zanchetta, a member of the IOF Board and long standing leader of the IOF Latin American Programme, has been named the recipient of the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>ESCEO and IOF to hold joint annual meetings in Europe</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=331</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF and ESCEO announce agreement to jointly plan annual meetings, the European Congress on Osteoporosis, until 2013.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World's largest global osteoporosis congress opens in Florence</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=322</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Highly anticipated bone health event attracts some 5,500 delegates from more than 100 countries]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Calcified Tissue International now an official journal of IOF</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=321</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to announce the inclusion of Calcified Tissue International within its scientific communication portfolio.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Winner of Pierre Delmas Prize announced at World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 (IOF WCO-ECCEO10)</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=323</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The prestigious Pierre Delmas Prize: An ESCEO-IOF/Servier Achievement Award was awarded today to Professor Pierre Jean Meunier, Professor Emeritus at the Claude Bernard University of Lyon, France]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting - Online registration and abstract submission now open!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=318</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Attend the IOF Regionals - 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Singapore from December 10 - 13, 2010.<a class="internal" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/singapore-2010/registration.html"> Register online now!</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Singapore programme to provide clinical insight; showcase for regional research</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=317</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF invites you to attend the first of a new series of meetings - the IOF Regionals: Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, to be held in Singapore from December 10-13, 2010.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Satellite symposia enhance scientific programme with wealth of quality information and practical new knowledge</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=315</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF WCO-ECCEO10 in Florence, Italy to include twelve satellite symposia, led by renowned bone experts. Visit the <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iofwco-ecceo10.org">congress website</a> to learn more about the exciting scientific programme and for online registration.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Register now for the premier bone meeting of 2010!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=310</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Record number of abstracts received; participants are eligible for 18 CME credits.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Don't miss the opportunity to attend the most exciting bone meeting in the Asia-Pacific region in 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=313</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Singapore meeting to feature top speakers, Meet-the-Expert Sessions, orthopaedic and diagnostic roundtables]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor John A Kanis honoured by University of Gothenburg</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=309</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Doctor honoris causa&#xA0; is awarded by Sahlgrenska Academy&#xA0; in recognition of leading scientific achievement]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Deadlines approaching for grant applications!</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=307</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Apply now for valuable awards to be presented at the World Congress on Osteoporosis 2010 &#x2014; IOF WCO&#x2014;ECCEO10 !]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>World's largest osteoporosis congress to open today</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=316</link>
      <description><![CDATA[World's largest osteoporosis congress opens today -some 5500 participants - onsite registration open!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Announcing IOF Regionals 1st Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=306</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mark December 10-13, 2010 on your calendar and don't miss this important scientific event, organised by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF endorses exciting new educational programme based on dance exercises</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=303</link>
      <description><![CDATA['Improvement through Movement&#x2019; programme encourages patients to dance their way to stronger bones. Physicians only may request the video to provide to their patients.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>On World Osteoporosis Day EU Commissioner for Health sends message of support and commitment to the millions of Europeans suffering from osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=300</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In World Osteoporosis Day video message, EU Commissioner for Health Androulla Vassiliou says &#x201C;osteoporosis must remain a major health priority for all of us. &#x201C;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World Osteoporosis Day marked by events around the globe</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=301</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today on World Osteoporosis Day, IOF and national osteoporosis societies across the globe call for action. In one strong voice, they urge individuals, health professionals and governments everywhere to fight the silent epidemic of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF report explains importance of FRAX in osteoporosis management</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=298</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New 16-page World Osteoporosis Day report furthers understanding of FRAX&#xAE;, the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Daughters value their mothers' quality of life but ignore the impact of osteoporosis, one of the main health threats for many older women</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=302</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Timeless Moments survey reveals only 7% of mothers and daughters discuss osteoporosis, a disease affecting 200 million people worldwide. Findings support the goals of Timeless Women campaign, launched in 2008 to raise awareness of osteoporosis and its consequences -Timeless Moments online initiative uses social media to help engage younger women in the fight against osteoporosis]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Board members receive prestigious ASBMR awards</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=293</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Board members Professor John Bilezikian and Professor Juliet Compston were recognized for their achievements in two separate awards presented during the 2009 meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF-AMGEN Health Professionals Awareness Grants presented at global osteoporosis patient society conference in Beijing</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=292</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Osteoporosis patient societies from Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary and Singapore recognized for their innovative projects]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Arthritis Foundation of India Trust wins the IOF Linda Edwards Memorial Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=290</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2009 &#x2018;IOF Linda Edwards Memorial Award&#x2019; has been awarded to the Arthritis Foundation of India Trust (AFI). The award was presented today at the IOF Worldwide Osteoporosis Patient Society Conference, being held from September 22-25, 2009 in Beijing, China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Worldwide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies opens in Beijing</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=291</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Representatives meet to exchange ideas, develop new skills in the global fight against osteoporosis]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Audit report shows rising tide of fractures in Asia</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=288</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new audit report issued by the IOF at a press conference today shows that osteoporosis is a serious and growing problem throughout Asia. Gathering data from 14 Asian countries, regions or territories, &#x2018;The Asian Audit&#x2019; is a landmark report examining epidemiology, costs and burden in individual countries as well as collectively across the region.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Patients fear osteoporosis quality of life impact, yet lack tools to manage concerns and improve osteoporosis outcomes, new survey says</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=287</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) launches OsteoLink to address unmet needs in osteoporosis management through digital and in-person patient and physician communication networks across Europe and Australia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF receives proceeds from prestigious invitational golf event in Montreux, Switzerland</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=283</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet and Banque Piguet &amp; Cie SA have dedicated proceeds from their 2009 golf event 'Audemars Piguet &amp; Banque Piguet Golf Trophy' to the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Important grants to be awarded at 2010 World Congress on Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=285</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications now accepted for valuable awards and fellowships to be presented at IOF-ESCEO global congress in Florence, Italy]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Vitamin D deficiency is widespread and on the increase</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=281</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report issued by IOF and published in the scientific journal Osteoporosis International, shows that populations across the globe are suffering from the impact of low levels of vitamin D,  with highest rates in South Asia and the Middle East.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Famida Jiwa appointed as CNS Vice Chair</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=279</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to announce that Dr. Famida Jiwa, elected Chair of the Patient Societies Subcommittee in 2008, has been appointed as Vice Chair of the Committee of National Societies (CNS).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Progress in Osteoporosis - Volume 10, Issue 3 is now available free online</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=278</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Progress in Osteoporosis is a free online review journal that appears quarterly.&#xD;
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Register now at <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/pio/">http://www.iofbonehealth.org/pio/ </a>for a concise overview of newsworthy research published in the preceding 3-4 months!]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Announce your latest research at the World Osteoporosis Congress 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=277</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reserve your latest research findings for submission to the<a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iofwco-ecceo10.org"> IOF WCO-ECCEO10</a>! All relevant abstracts, including those dealing with preclinical, clinical and economic science are welcome. Online abstract submission opens November 16, 2009, closes February 4, 2010]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>National Osteoporosis Society (UK) launches new manifesto on fracture prevention</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=273</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Osteoporosis Society (UK) launches a new manifesto that outlines steps to eradicate unnecessary broken bones and save the NHS hundreds of millions of pounds currently spent on fracture care.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>German president runs against osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=274</link>
      <description><![CDATA[German President Horst K&#xF6;hler was the most prominent celebrity to join the 10th Berliner Bundestagslauf&#xA0; 'Run Against Osteoporosis'&#xA0; organized by the German National Initiative Against Osteoporosis (NIO) with IOF support.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF launches educational slide kit to enhance understanding of FRAX</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=272</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A concise yet comprehensive new teaching aid, the IOF FRAX&#xAE; Slide-kit, has been launched by IOF in cooperation with the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield, UK. The educational slides can be downloaded free of charge from the IOF website at http://www.iofbonehealth.org/health-professionals/frax.html]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Invitation to apply for the 2010 IOF- Servier Young Investigator Research Grant</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=271</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant. The grant supports young scientists who are carrying out outstanding original research of international relevance in the field of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Juliet Compston receives IBMS John G. Haddad, Jr. Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=269</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professor Juliet Compston, Board member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the International Bone and Mineral Society (IBMS), has been awarded the prestigious IBMS John G. Haddad, Jr. Award.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>2009 ESCEO-IOF Alliance for Better Bone Health Young Investigator Award presented to Dr. Nick Harvey of the University of Southhampton</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=266</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2009 ESCEO-IOF Alliance for Better Bone Health Young Investigator Award is presented to Dr. Nick Harvey of the MRC Epidemiology Resource Center at the University of Southhampton.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF song in support of osteoporosis prevention performed for the first time in English</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=267</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Christian G&#xFC;nther performs inspiring song at opening of ECCEO9-IOF Meeting in Athens]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant awarded to Australian researcher</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=260</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Roger Zebaz&#xE9; of the University of Melbourne named winner of valuable grant for his investigations on the structural causes of childhood fractures]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor Jean-Yves Reginster is announced winner of the prestigious Pierre Delmas Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=261</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Researcher honoured for his long-time service to the International Osteoporosis Foundation]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Medal of Achievement awarded to Professor Ego Seeman</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=259</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leading scientist honoured for his contributions to osteoporosis research]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor Cyrus Cooper presented with inaugural Duchess of Cornwall Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=258</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professor Cyrus Cooper, IOF Board Member and Chair of the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors, was awarded the inaugural Duchess of Cornwall Award for his outstanding contribution to the field of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>National Action Plan for Bone Health released in the USA</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=262</link>
      <description><![CDATA[National Bone Coalition in the USA publishes report to provide specific steps for improving the nation's bone health and preventing osteoporosis]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>FRAX tool now available for use in 12 countries</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=254</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Important new online tool to assess osteoporotic fracture risk now extended to include Austria, Germany and Switzerland.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Cost effective management of patients using FRAX: The UK example</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=250</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New method will help physicians better identify patients at high risk of fracture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>International Osteoporosis Foundation appoints new senior officers</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=247</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF announces Patrice McKenney as Chief Executive Officer; Judy Stenmark as Chief Operating Officer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Cancellation of the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=251</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Today, IOF regretfully announced the cancellation of the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis, due to the unstable political situation in Thailand and the closure of Bangkok international airports.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>New Canadian "report card" reveals major gaps in access to BMD testing and medications across the country</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=246</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A new report released today by Osteoporosis Canada indicates that Canada&#x2019;s publicly-funded health care system is failing large numbers of citizens who suffer painful fractures as a result of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF supports UK charity call for  NICE guidance changes</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=242</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has backed the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS, UK) in their criticism of NICE guidance on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF launches two-year worldwide campaign in Beijing; China Osteoporosis White Paper launched</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=244</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On World Osteoporosis Day 2008, the International Osteoporosis Foundation launched a two-year worldwide campaign in Beijing on October 20, 2008. Hosted by the China Health Promotion Foundation (CHPF), the event was held under the banner of&#xA0; "Stand Tall - Speak out for your bones" .]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Bone health organizations around the globe mark World Osteoporosis Day</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=241</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and its <a class="internal" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/patients-public/osteoporosis-societies-worldwide.html">188 member societies</a> call for action to fight the growing human and socio-economic burden of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>3rd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable calls on European citizens to stand tall for bone health</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=240</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) held its 3rd Women Leaders Roundtable on October 14 in Brussels as part of the European launch of World Osteoporosis Day.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF calls on European citizens to stand tall and speak out for their bones</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=239</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) kicked off World Osteoporosis Day events today in Brussels. This year&#x2019;s theme of 'Stand Tall, Speak Out For Your Bones' is a global call to take charge and improve osteoporosis healthcare policies around the world]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Former Bond girl Ursula Andress urges women to say "Doctor: No" to osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=238</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New survey challenges society&#x2019;s outdated view of women with osteoporosis as frail and vulnerable. More than 90% of women say disease won&#x2019;t stop them living life to the full1 .&#xD;
Launching campaign, Ursula Andress tells women: &#x201C;Check your bones year after year. Osteoporosis has not stopped me, and shouldn&#x2019;t stop you either.&#x201D;]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF World Osteoporosis Day event in Brussels to feature Roundtable press event and launch of new report on osteoporosis in the European Union</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=237</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday October 14th, 2008, in conjunction with World Osteoporosis Day (WOD), IOF and the Belgian Bone Club (BBC) will host a press conference and Women Leader&#x2019;s Roundtable, in the presence of members of the European Parliament and other invited guests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Daniel Navid resigning as IOF CEO</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=236</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is with regret that the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) announces that Mr. Daniel Navid has today resigned from his position as IOF CEO, in order to pursue additional interests.  He remains available to assist IOF in a representational capacity.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Professor Pierre D. Delmas, Founding President of IOF</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=232</link>
      <description><![CDATA[It is with great sadness that the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) announces the untimely passing of Professor Pierre D. Delmas in Lyon, France on July 23, 2008 at the age of 58. Pierre Delmas was the Founding President of IOF whose guiding vision helped to shape the organization and the global osteoporosis movement. The osteoporosis community has lost a brilliant researcher, clinician, educator and advocate who was unquestionably one of the most influential and respected thought leaders in the field.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New European survey reveals women with post-menopausal osteoporosis fear stoop and shrinking in height</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=227</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Survey finds that height loss is feared by almost two thirds of respondents. In addition to concerns about the physical impact of a fracture, women worry about how they are perceived as a result of changes to their appearance caused by fracture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Pediatric Bone Health Training Course launched in Buenos Aires</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=229</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Latin America held the first IOF Pediatric Bone Health Training Course on June 6, 2008. Some 80 physicians from across the region travelled to Buenos Aires to learn about osteoporosis and bone health in children.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Pediatric Bone Health Training Course launched in Buenos Aires</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=230</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF Latin America held the first IOF Pediatric Bone Health Training Course on June 6, 2008. Some 80 physicians from across the region travelled to Buenos Aires to learn about osteoporosis and bone health in children.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF calls for concerted support for second EU osteoporosis audit</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=223</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Comprehensive snapshot of the state of osteoporosis management in Europe set for October release]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF announces Professor John A. Kanis as new President</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=224</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Foundation pays tribute to long-term President and General Secretary]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Alpro Soya becomes a member of IOF Committee of Corporate Advisors</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=222</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Alpro Soya becomes a member of the IOF Committee of Corporate Advisors]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>China to play increasing role in the world campaign against osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=220</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation signs cooperation agreement with the China Health Promotion Foundation to promote osteoporosis prevention, treatment and research as well as&#xA0; public awareness in China.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF recognises ESCEO European Guidance for Osteoporosis Diagnosis and Management</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=218</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A comprehensive guide to applying new FRAXTM tool and WHO technical report in European daily practice]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Progress in Osteoporosis available FREE online</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=217</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF announces that Progress in Osteoporosis is now available as a free online review journal]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Wyeth and sanofi-aventis join the IOF Corporate Responsibility Program for Bone Health</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=216</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF honors corporations for their programs to raise bone health awareness among employees]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF hails WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Report and FRAX website as milestones in osteoporosis prevention and treatment</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=212</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Diagnosis of fracture risk becomes much easier, bringing benefits to those at risk and cost savings]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Seven new MEPs join European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=209</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to welcome seven new members to the European Parliament (EP) Osteoporosis Interest Group. The Interest Group now includes representation from all 27 member states of the European Union.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>ISCD and IOF to hold joint meeting in Orlando</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=253</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is pleased to announce an ISCD-IOF Joint Meeting to be held from March 11-14, 2009 in&#xD;
Orlando, Florida, USA.&#xD;
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      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF applauds National Osteoporosis Society on NICE Guidance appeal success and urges continued efforts</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=207</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF applauds the appeal success of the National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), in the matter of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence&#x2019;s (NICE) Guidance for the primary and secondary prevention of osteoporotic fracture.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF World Wide Conference of Osteoporosis Patient Societies closes in Miami</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=206</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Osteoporosis patient societies from Brazil, China, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Russia, Uruguay, USA, Venezuela and Vietnam were awarded valuable grants to carry out national campaigns in the fight against osteoporosis]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Greek patient society wins IOF-Linda Edwards Memorial Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=205</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation announced today that the Hellenic Society of Osteoporosis Patient Support has been named the winner of the 2007 IOF-Linda Edwards Memorial Award.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Advanced Training Course on Osteoporosis granted EACCME accreditation</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=187</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As of 2008 participants of annual Lyon course will be entitled to Continuing Education Credits]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group members meet in Strasbourg</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=204</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Participants underlined the importance of the upcoming audit report. Due for completion in 2008 and being prepared by members of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel with IOF support, the report will provide a comparative overview of the state of osteoporosis and its management among EU member states.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Orthopaedic Surgeons Initiative CD-Rom now available in French and Italian</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=200</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Free download from the IOF website; CDs available in bulk upon request.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Sheen Hok Charitable Foundation donation to IOF</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=201</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A generous donation by the Foundation will be used to support the first Asian &#x201C;bone" of the IOF 206 Bone Fund and to fund various activities within the IOF Asian program.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Successful World Osteoporosis Day press event in Dubai</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=195</link>
      <description><![CDATA[HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein and Ali Bin Chakar, Under Secretary of the Minister of Health lend VIP support global launch event]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF report shows smoking, alcohol, being underweight and poor nutrition harm our bones</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=193</link>
      <description><![CDATA[World Osteoporosis Day celebrated in some 80 countries]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World Osteoporosis Day campaign launched at the European Parliament in Brussels</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=192</link>
      <description><![CDATA[More than 20 print, internet and TV journalists attended the World Osteoporosis Day 2007 (WOD 2007) press event held on October 16, 2007 for EU-based, Belgian and Francophone media.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Celebrities join call on osteoporosis risk factors</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=188</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF to launch largest World Osteoporosis Day campaign to date; October 2007 &#x201C;Osteoporosis Risk Factors&#x201D; events to involve national osteoporosis societies in more than 80 countries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Women Leaders Bone Health Initiative</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=203</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An event organized in New Delhi by the Arthritis Foundation of India (AFI) in association with IOF and Tetra Pak brought women achievers together to speak out against osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>World School Milk Day underlines importance of calcium intake</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=186</link>
      <description><![CDATA[September 26, 2007 is World School Milk Day. Milk and other dairy products are the most readily available sources of calcium, a nutrient which is essential for bone health at all ages. Bone-healthy nutrition is particularly vital in childhood as it is the first step towards prevention of osteoporosis in later life.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF guides launched to help osteoporosis patients stay on treatment and avoid painful fractures</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=185</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) has launched two new resources to help tackle the significant worldwide issue of osteoporosis patients not staying on treatment, known as &#x2018;non-adherence&#x2019;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Plenary lectures announced for world's largest osteoporosis congress</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=184</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, December 3-7, 2008]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Invitation to apply for 2008 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Research Grant</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=183</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Prestigious grant for young researchers to be awarded at the next IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Bone and Joint Decade to carry on after 2010</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=182</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The BJD has announced that it will continue to function as a platform for progress in the field of musculoskeletal diseases beyond the end of the decade. Osteoporosis is one of many musculoskeletal diseases which has a devastating impact on the lives of millions of people around the world]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>It pays to know your osteoporosis risk factors</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=180</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF to launch Risk Factor campaign as part of World Osteoporosis Day 2007 - Journalists invited to attend media seminar events to be held in Brussels and Dubai]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF website wins World Wide Web Health Award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=181</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF's new website, launched in October 2006, has been awarded a 'merit' in the category of medical communications by the organization 'World Wide Web Health Awards']]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>National Osteoporosis Society (UK) appeals against NICE treatment appraisal</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=177</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The National Osteoporosis Society (UK) is calling upon its 25,000 members to join in a campaign to appeal the NICE final appraisal determination (FAD) on treatment.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Board member Dr. Ethel S. Siris is named winner of Ladies' Home Journal award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=175</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ethel S. Siris, an IOF Board member, has been named the winner of the 2007 Marianne J. Legato Gender-Specific Medicine Award - an annual award issued by the Ladies' Home Journal.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Publication of First Middle East and North Africa Consensus on Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=174</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Leading osteoporosis experts in the region have worked in cooperation to compile the first Middle East and North African Osteoporosis Consensus, endorsed by societies in fourteen countries.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Are you getting enough calcium?</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=170</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Find out with the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) online Calcium Calculator, now available in Spanish]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Bone App&#xE9;tit Campaign wins prestigious communications award</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=168</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The International Osteoporosis Foundation&#x2019;s Bone App&#xE9;tit campaign, which highlights the importance of nutrition in building strong bones, has won the 2007 Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) Excellence Award for International Public Relations.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>In memory of Professor Herbert Fleisch</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=162</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF is deeply saddened by the loss of Professor Herbert Fleisch, who passed away on May 15, 2007 at the age of 74. Prof. Fleisch was a renowned researcher whose groundbreaking work contributed to the discovery of bisphosphonates for the treatment of osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Enabling orthopaedic surgeons to prevent future fractures</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=161</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Launch of a major new tool to help orthopaedic surgeons better diagnose and treat osteoporosis. <a class="external" target="_blank" href="http://www.iofbonehealth.org/health-professionals/educational-tools-and-slide-kits/orthopedic-surgeons-training-kit.html">CD contents are also available online as downloadable files.</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Official launch of IOF Latin American Office in Buenos Aires</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=160</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Successful media launch and fundraising dinner to inaugurate new office and the start of the IOF Latin American Program]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF and EU Panel prepare osteoporosis audit</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=158</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Cost of osteoporosis across Europe to be measured; concern about limited progress since 1998]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Huge demand for IOF physician training in osteoporosis diagnosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=159</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Launched in 2006, the IOF Osteoporosis Course with Densitometry Certification has been enormously successful around the world.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF recognizes good 'bone health' corporate citizenship</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=157</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Six companies lauded in new IOF Corporate Responsibility Program for Bone Health]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis to be held for the first time in Asia</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=152</link>
      <description><![CDATA[For the first time, the IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) will be held in Asia -&#xA0; in Bangkok, Thailand, from December 3-7, 2008. The 2nd Announcement for the IOF WCO is now available online.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF launches International Women's Day call for women to know their osteoporosis risk</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=147</link>
      <description><![CDATA[One woman in three worldwide will be affected by "brittle bone" disease.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Turkish Osteoporosis Platform launched</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=142</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Promising new national coalition of osteoporosis patient and medical societies is launched in Turkey.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>International Osteoporosis Foundation warns of bone damage from anorexia</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=141</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anorexia, which in recent months has caused a stir among fashion circles, can seriously damage a woman&#x2019;s bones and be a risk factor later in life for osteoporosis.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>EMEA revises guidelines for evaluation of drugs in the treatment of primary osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=140</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The last guidelines for approval of drugs to be used in post-menopausal osteoporosis endorsed by the European Agency for Evaluation of Medicines (EMEA) were dated January 2001. Since that time, several new chemical entities with original mechanisms of action have been approved for the treatment of osteoporosis.This environment of innovation in drug development for osteoporosis, combined with emerging new proposals to identify individual patients at high risk of fractures (World Health Organisation [WHO] initiative), has prompted the EMEA to release new guidelines which will come into effect on May 31, 2007.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Second IOF Middle East Training Course on Osteoporosis held in Lebanon</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=134</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The 2nd METCOP, held in Lebanon in November 2006, attracted more participants than ever before. The problem of vitamin D deficiency and the need for fracture databases in the region were two of the issues highlighted.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=132</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF organized the first meeting of osteoporosis-related patient and medical societies in Central America and the Caribbean.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first lady of Panama and the mayor of Panama City were among dignitaries who launched World Osteoporosis Day activities in Panama.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=128</link>
      <description><![CDATA[At its recent business meetings in Divonne, France, members of the Committee of National Societies (CNS) elected three new societies to the IOF family.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF Osteoporosis Risk and Nutrition Awareness Survey</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=126</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF survey shows good general knowledge of nutrition and bone health but&#xA0;confusion about vitamin D; half unaware that osteoporosis is more common amongst women than breast cancer.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Good nutrition essential for bone health</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=122</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New IOF report highlights vital link between nutrition and strong bones; 12 global celebrities urge bone-healthy eating habits; new IOF website launched; World Osteoporosis Day celebrated in more than 80 countries.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=125</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF global launch of World Osteoporosis Day 2006, on Friday, 20 October was marked by a successful media conference in keeping with the theme "Bone App&#xE9;tit: the role of food and nutrition in building and maintaining strong bones".]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=117</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF has endorsed a 'reference' model developed by Stockholm Health Economics. The model serves as a tool for assessing the cost-effectiveness of the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis. In particular the model is intended to be used for the evaluation of health care technologies affecting the risk of fracture.]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=116</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Following an earlier decision to reimburse DXA in patients with increased risk of fragility fractures, the French government has now announced that it will reimburse anti-osteoporotic treatments, not only for patients with a previous fracture, but also for patients who are at increased risk of fracture.]]></description>
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      <title>Osteoporosis in the EU: Improving the Assessment of Fracture Risk</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=119</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The report of the 4th meeting of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel - including special overview 'Improving the assessment of fracture risk - the WHO approach' is now available. [link 622]Click...]]></description>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=123</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Friday the 13th of October turned out to be an auspicious date for IOF&#x2019;s World Osteoporosis Day 2006 international francophone launch. Journalists were turned into chefs to highlight nutrition&#x2019;s essential role in building strong bones.]]></description>
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      <title>Promoting corporate osteoporosis responsibility</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=113</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IOF recommends several steps that companies should take to become good corporate citizens in the field of bone health.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=101</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Osteoporosis was chosen as a priority issue for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Women during the Austrian presidency of the European Union in the first half of 2006. In support of the ongoing...]]></description>
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      <title>IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis Closes on June 6, 2006</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=111</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The largest world medical congress devoted specifically to osteoporosis ended in Toronto on June 6, 2006, following five days in which nearly 4,000 participants from 98 countries learned of the latest...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=105</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This new award honors journalists whose work has helped to educate the public and health care professionals about osteoporosis. Journalist Lim Ai Swan of Malysia was awarded the prize for her article &#x2018;Osteoporosis &#x2014; Move it or Lose it&#x2019; which appeared in the China Press Berhad in October 2005.]]></description>
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      <title>First IOF President's Award Given to Dr Ghassan Maalouf</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=102</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr. Ghassan Maalouf, an orthopaedic surgeon at Saint George Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, received the prestigious first IOF President&#x2019;s Award &#x2014; which recognises an outstanding individual who has made a significant and unstinting contribution to the advancement of the work of the IOF.]]></description>
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      <title>IOF Medal of Achievement Awarded to Professor Pierre D. Delmas</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=120</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Professor Pierre Delmas, from Lyon, France, today received the prestigious International Osteoporosis Foundation Medal of Achievement, presented during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Toronto, Canada.]]></description>
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      <title>IOF Novartis Young Scholars' Awards presented to seven researchers from six countries</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=121</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Seven young investigators today received IOF_Novartis Young Scholars&#x2019; Awards, which were presented during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO) in Toronto, Canada.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Women Leaders Call for Global Action on Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=127</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Participants in 2nd IOF Women Leaders Roundtable identify action needed by individuals, health care professionals and government health authorities, sign Call to Action]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award for Spine Fracture Project</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=109</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dr Elise Feng-i Morgan, of Boston University received the 2005 IOF-Servier Young Investigator Award during the 2006 IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis in Toronto, Canada. The award was presented by Mrs. Laurence Alliot, Servier&#x2019;s Director of the Div]]></description>
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      <title>Record Number of Abstracts Submitted for Largest Scientific Congress Specifically Devoted to Osteoporosis</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=100</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF World Congress on Osteoporosis (IOF WCO), the world&#x2019;s largest scientific congress devoted specifically to the bone disease osteoporosis, opens on Friday June 2, 2006 in Toronto, Canada.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Problem of Adherence to Osteoporosis Treatment Puts Lives at Risk and Costs Billions</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=107</link>
      <description><![CDATA[International Osteoporosis Foundation and film star Britt Ekland call for urgent action with Staying Power campaign launch. IOF introduces new [link http://stayingpower.osteofound.org/]&#x2018;Staying...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New IOF Osteoporosis Teaching Slide Kit Now Available</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=110</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This newly developed slide kit on osteoporosis, prepared by an internationally renowned IOF faculty, offers a valuable resource for medical and healthcare professionals, and is designed for teaching purposes.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF announces a new osteoporosis diagnosis training course</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=90</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The IOF Osteoporosis Diagnosis Course, with Densitometry Certification is a one-and-a-half day course which is offered in partnership with national or regional osteoporosis societies. The course covers...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>'Move it or Lose it': New IOF report launched for World Osteoporosis Day</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=8</link>
      <description><![CDATA[This new report explains how exercise plays...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>New song for the osteoporosis movement</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=86</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In conjunction with World Osteoporosis Day, IOF has launched &#x2018;Un Cuerpo Sano / A Healthy Body&#x2019;, a new Latin-beat, up-tempo osteoporosis song written and recorded by leading Latino pop singer,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>Beauty queens urge girls not to sacrifice their bones</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=131</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Role of exercise and proper nutrition in building strong bones stressed by seven title-holders in Bangkok event, experts warn of impending osteoporosis crisis in Asia]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF member societies awarded total of US$ 126,000 in grants</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=57</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Around the world, IOF and its member societies carried out a wide variety of exercise related events.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2005 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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      <title>IOF announces three new osteoporosis policy-related initiatives in 2012</title>
      <link>http://www.iofbonehealth.org/news/news-detail.html?newsID=499</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Planning and implementation of significant new projects discussed at meeting of the EU Osteoporosis Consultation Panel and European Parliament Osteoporosis Interest Group]]></description>
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