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Disrupting the status quo in osteoporosis management in the Asia Pacific

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) and The APCO Framework   The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Monday, September 6, 2021) ...
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Stitching the seams in osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific – one country and guideline at a time

How the APCO Framework can help   On January 28, 2021, the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO)- a non-partisan and apolitical organisation that is...
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IQ Driving QI – The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis Pan Asia Oceania Framework of Standards of Care. A 3D animation

The Asia Pacific region is on the brink of a huge demographic shift. The number of people aged over 60 in the region is expected...
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APCO EXCO members clinch prestigious IOF awards

The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) is proud to announce that its EXCO members, APCO Chairperson, Dr Manju Chandran, and International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF)...
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Launch of world-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox

World-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox striving to improve care for the 1 million+ who fracture a hip in Asia Pacific each year   An innovative...
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Building up your bone bank!

The importance of peak bone mass in prevention of osteoporosis   We are living much longer than what we did half a century ago. The...
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Death by a single cut: understanding the link between fragility fractures and mortality risk

In this blog, APCO Executive Committee Member, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Head of the Genetics and Epidemiology of Osteoporosis Lab (Bone Biology Division) at...
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Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer – an often forgotten risk factor for osteoporosis

Prostate cancer is the most common male solid organ malignancy. Almost half of the men with prostate cancer will be treated with androgen deprivation therapy...
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Broadening the scope of osteoporosis intervention

Progressive bone mineral density (BMD) loss due to oestrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women is a key factor in ‘osteoporotic’ or ‘fragility’ fractures, with approximately 50...
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Placing the spotlight on “bone health”: Osteoporosis Australia rebrands itself

Osteoporosis Australia recently announced its official rebrand to ‘Healthy Bones Australia’, to reinforce the importance of prevention, in response to the concerning 173,000 broken bones...
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