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World Osteoporosis Day 2008, under the banner “Stand Tall: Speak out for your Bones” is a ‘call to action’ to the global osteoporosis movement. It is imperative that governments and health authorities recognise osteoporotic fractures as a major cause of suffering, disability and death, particularly in the older population.

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The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) kicked off World Osteoporosis Day events today in Brussels. This year’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.

US Spine® today announced that the FDA has cleared its Preference 2 Complex Spine System™ for use in the United States. The system features hooks, rods and screws designed to treat complex spinal conditions.

Amedica Corporation, an orthopedic and spinal implants company focused on silicon nitride ceramic technologies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted 510(k) marketing clearance to Amedica’s SEEplate(TM) Cervical Plate system.

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced the U.S. launch of the X-STOP PEEK IPD System, the first interspinous process decompression (IPD) device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that offers a PEEK-Bone interface for treating the symptoms of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) kicked off World Osteoporosis Day events in Brussels. This year’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.

Vitamin K does not protect against age-related decreasing bone density, but may protect against fractures and cancers in postmenopausal women. However, Dr.

According to a new study published in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, postmenopausal women with osteopenia did not prevent age-related bone mineral density (BMD) decline after taking a daily high dose supplement of vitamin K1. However, Angela Cheung (University of Toronto) and colleagues also found that vitamin K1 may offer protection against fracture and cancer in these women.

Results of a new international survey announced today highlighted a radical shift in women’s attitudes towards osteoporosis, the bone-weakening disease. The traditional view of osteoporosis patients as frail and vulnerable women is shattered by an international survey of 500 doctors and 1,000 women in five countries.