World Osteoporosis Day

WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY
OCTOBER 20

For World Osteoporosis Day 2009, Australian men were being asked "How strong are your bones?" Osteoporosis Australia alerted men around the country that osteoporosis is a disease that can affect them too! Current statistics tell us 1 in 3 men over 60 will have a fracture due to osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis Australia announced the release of a new consumer brochure targeted at men. This important new resource outlines risk factors for the disease and steps for prevention. A new 'Men and Osteoporosis' resource for GPs was also released, and distributed to GPs nationally.

Osteoporosis Australia thanks our spokespeople on the day: Robert de Castella & Guy Leech (pictured left), Professor Peter Ebeling, Professor Philip Sambrook, Associate Professor John Gullotta, and Doctor Emma Duncan.