Read the spring issue of NBHA's quarterly newsletter, Eye on Bone Health, for updates on Cast Mountain's visit to the AAOS annual meeting, the launch of Fracture Prevention CENTRAL and more.
The National Bone Health Alliance (NBHA) today launched Fracture Prevention CENTRAL (www.fracturepreventioncentral.org), a new online resource to help interested sites across the country implement and maintain post fracture prevention and care coordination programs, also known as a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS).
WASHINGTON, DC (February 27, 2013) — On February 25, 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released its recommendation statement on calcium and vitamin D supplementation to prevent fractures in adults, recommending against daily supplementation with 400 international units (IU) or less of vitamin D and 1,000 milligrams (mg) or less of calcium for the primary prevention of fractures in non-institutionalized, post-menopausal women.
NBHA Leadership, Drs. Sundeep Khosla and Robert Recker, were featured in a question and answer column on osteoporosis that ran in a special "Bone and Joint" supplement in the October 22 issue of the Washington Post. A 2Million2Many public service announcement also ran on page 2 of the supplement.
NBHA's 2Million2Many awareness campaign was featured on page 8 of a special "Boomers and Beyond" supplement published on Labor Day weekend 2012 in USA Today Weekend in 7 cities.
Cast Mountain looms over a meeting room Friday during the first day of the 13th annual Santa Fe Bone Symposium at the Eldorado Hotel. The 12-foot-by-12-foot installation, which represents the 5,500 osteoporosis-related bone breaks that occur daily in the U.S., is part of the national 2Million2Many campaign to promote osteoporosis testing and awareness.