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The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)

New IOF report supports understanding of FRAX®

Nyon (ots)

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) will
issue a new 16- page report on FRAX® to mark World Osteoporosis Day. 
The report is available at www.iofbonehealth.org .
FRAX®, or 'WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool', is a free online 
tool developed by the World Health Organization at 
http://www.shef.ac.uk/FRAX/ . The tool helps clinicians identify 
people who are most in need of treatment based on fracture risk 
rather than bone mineral density (BMD) values alone. Now available 
for 18 countries and in six languages, FRAX® is country-specific and 
can be used with or without BMD values, thus making it particularly 
useful in regions where DXA technology is scarce or not available.
Osteoporotic fractures can have devastating consequences and their
prevention is essential to the maintenance of health, quality of life
and independence in old age. The disease is so common that, around 
the world, one in three women and one in five men over the age of 
fifty suffer fractures, at enormous cost to individuals, the 
healthcare system and society as a whole. In issuing the report, IOF 
is working to bring understanding of FRAX® to a broad audience of 
health professionals so that more people at risk of debilitating 
fractures are identified and treated before these fractures occur.
Dr. Eugene McCloskey of the University of Sheffield and author of 
the report, says, "I encourage clinicians to make FRAX® a part of 
their clinical assessment of patients. With timely treatment and 
advice, fractures and their serious repercussions can be prevented."
About IOF
The International Osteoporosis Foundation is a not-for-profit, 
nongovernmental organization dedicated to the worldwide fight against
osteoporosis, the disease known as "the silent epidemic". For more 
information about IOF visit www.iofbonehealth.org
For interviews, contact  info@iofbonehealth.org

Contact:

Laura Misteli
Tel.: +41/22/994'01'00