Members in action Did you know? ASBMR Osteoporosis Canada will be releasing updated Osteoporosis Management Clinical Guidelines in the fall of 2019. Along with a steering committee, working groups have […]

“Patient engagement” is a concept that first appeared around the year 2000 in the United States and is now a growing movement in many countries, including Canada. The core idea […]

Latest News Clinical Practice Guideline – Top 2023 Article on CMAJ.ca January 29, 2024 On October 10, 2023 a new guideline on the management of osteoporosis and fracture prevention was […]

MEN AND OSTEOPOROSIS At least one in five men will break a bone from osteoporosis. Think only women are at risk of osteoporosis?  Think again. The misconception is that men […]

Video Series 3 Group Exercise Trainers & Exercise Professionals Long-term care video series 3 Group exercise providers have a huge role to play in providing exercise to help prevent falls […]

Our Senior Team Dr. Famida Jiwa President and CEO Dr. Jiwa is the President and CEO of Osteoporosis Canada, and has been with the organization since 2006. Prior to joining […]

We are aware of a recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) publication that reports on the association between use of zoledronic acid (Aclasta) and renal impairment. 1 We recognize that […]

Shayla Mueller and Veronique Murphy What is Tai Chi? Tai Chi is a type of exercise that originally began as a martial art in China hundreds of years ago. It […]

Take action to make sure you are staying fracture-free and are taking care of your bone health. This pandemic has put enormous pressure on our healthcare systems stretching our resources […]