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The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) and The APCO Framework   The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) has today (Monday, September 6, 2021)  launched The APCO expert video series. The video series captures the individual voices of four key APCO members – Dr Manju Chandran, Singapore, Dr Philippe Halbout, Switzerland, Dr Aysha Habib …

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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 comprised of individual osteoporosis experts hailing from diverse health care systems from across the Asia Pacific region  launched ‘The APCO Framework’- the first pan-Asia Oceania clinical practice standards for the …

Stitching the seams in osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific – one country and guideline at a time Read More »

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 to triple by 2050, to 1.3 billion people. The region’s rapidly aging population, mounting urbanisation in the countries within it, and the increasingly sedentary lifestyles of its populace are set …

IQ Driving QI – The Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis Pan Asia Oceania Framework of Standards of Care. A 3D animation Read More »

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) CEO, Dr Philippe Halbout, have been conferred two of the IOF’s most prestigious awards – the Olof Johnell Science Award 2021 and the President’s Award 2021, respectively. Instituted in 2013, …

APCO EXCO members clinch prestigious IOF awards Read More »

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 world-first Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox has just been launched (Tuesday, June 15, 2021) to address the alarming death and disability caused by the more than 1 million hip fractures sustained …

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The importance of peak bone mass in prevention of osteoporosis   We are living much longer than what we did half a century ago. The average increase in life expectancy compared with even the middle part of the 20th century, is nearly 20 years. There are of course, pros and cons to living longer. However, …

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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 the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Professor Tuan V. Nguyen, Sydney, Australia, explores the general lack of appreciation of the link between fragility fractures and heightened mortality risk. Fragility fracture …

Death by a single cut: understanding the link between fragility fractures and mortality risk Read More »

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 (ADT) to suppress testosterone levels. While this improves disease-free survival and mortality, ADT is associated with a loss of BMD and an increased risk of fragility fracture. This complication will …

Androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer – an often forgotten risk factor for osteoporosis Read More »

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 per cent of post-menopausal women experiencing at least one fracture after the age of 50.1 Due to the rapidly ageing global population, we are seeing an increasing trend in the …

Broadening the scope of osteoporosis intervention Read More »

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 sustained by  the Australian population last year. The organisation currently serves as APCO’s project management and Secretariat. The rebrand coincided with the publication of an article in MJA Insight, co-authored …

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