Treatments Did you know? Osteoporosis leads to fragility fractures. These are broken bones that happen from a minor injury but that have major consequences such as pain, disability and sometimes […]

Eleanor Mills was a woman living with significant bone loss who saw herself as “a bent lady looking like an inverted L” after sustaining multiple osteoporotic fractures. Her daughter, Helen, […]

Available Volunteer Opportunities Customer Service Ambassadors – Toronto To support charitable gaming 2-4 hours per month, including initial training Hours include evenings and weekends On-site volunteer Location: Rama Gaming House, […]

Support groups, one of the online programs offered by Osteoporosis Canada, are all about connection. They connect people who not only live with osteoporosis but want to live well with […]

UPDATE As the COVID-19 situation and directives from public health agencies continue to evolve quickly, the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend and Scotiabank Ottawa Marathon have decided to temporarily pause new […]

OSTEOPOROSIS RESEARCH Research Awards Osteoporosis Canada is proud to support clinical, translational and health-outcomes research that focuses on the high fracture-risk population and more specifically, preventing fractures and their negative […]

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, PEI Brookfield Chair in Fracture Prevention funds new Fracture Liaison Service Program in Prince Edward Island With the generous support of PEI Department of Health and Wellness, […]

Important Changes to the Availability and Conditions of Use for Drugs Containing Calcitonin Calcitonin nasal spray for the treatment of osteoporosis is no longer available in Canada because of new […]

On September 29, 2015, two research articles were published online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) concerning the effect of calcium intake on bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture reduction. […]