Lydia Osteoporosis Project

23/10/2026

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What are community-led approaches?

Community-led approaches put people, relationships and local strengths at the centre of health and social care.

Healthcare Improvement Scotland has developed these resources to help people explore how community-led approaches can support prevention, collaborative working and make better use of local strengths and resources.

They can help us make support easier to access, build community connections and move towards more relational, people-led ways of working.

This week’s resource is an introduction to community-led approaches including key enablers: What are community-led approaches?

Link in comments.

23/10/2026

The Current Landscape of Fragility Fracture Care in the People’s Republic of China

As China’s population ages, improving fragility fracture care is becoming an increasingly urgent priority.

A recent article highlights advances in robotic-assisted surgery, innovative fracture treatments, and the benefits of orthogeriatric co-management in improving outcomes and reducing mortality.

Despite this progress, challenges remain in secondary fracture prevention, sarcopenia and fall prevention, and the development of a national hip fracture registry.

The key message? Better fragility fracture care goes beyond surgery. Strengthening multidisciplinary care, expanding Fracture Liaison Services (FLS), and prioritizing rehabilitation and prevention are essential to improving outcomes and reducing future fractures.

Read more https://www.ovid.com/jnls/jbjsjournal/fulltext/10.2106/jbjs.26.00865~the-current-landscape-of-fragility-fracture-care-in-the

23/10/2026

🍽️Treat yourself and your bones to a satisfying and nutritious meal with these chorizo, prawn, and prune skewers with a creamy sweet potato dip.

Share with friends and family – or don’t! 😉

Each serving provides 108 mg of calcium (about 13.5% of the recommended daily intake) and 16 g of protein.

Full recipe here: https://bit.ly/3VWTjVb



In partnership with Sunsweet

23/10/2026

Join the joint Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) and International Menopause Society (IMS) webinar for a live online discussion on bone health—from a fragility fracture and Diagnosis to Assessment, HRT and Secondary Prevention.
📅 Wednesday, 28 October 2026, 15.00 CET
🎙️ With Prof. Peter Schnatz, Prof. Anastasios Nikolaides, Dr. Santiago Palacios and Prof. Carmelinda Ruggiero

Register here: https://events.zoom.us/ev/ApXMNMoU5vMJGMgu94WYJkxF8rhPLI-55x0InBXKpxhFZOxyFY6u~AtZdU_D8d769NMLOlXnxQpuCaItlvgWAazAmmHz3kLICdCsIs6aJ03y1SqmrGSfrZZFoEoxf046flF4-XOTMcHjyFw

21/10/2026

📣 New resource for World Osteoporosis Day!

The “Osteoporosis: What you need to know” brochure covers osteoporosis risk factors and offers a simple risk check. Download it here 👉 https://bit.ly/4yAeWbf

Build. Protect. Strengthen your bones for life. 🦴

21/10/2026

21/10/2026

Fragility fractures constitute a major global health burden and often result from falls. However, clinical care for fragility fractures is currently organized separately from fall prevention services leading to gaps in integrated care delivery. This joint position paper from the European Geriatric M...

20/10/2026

📣 New resource for World Osteoporosis Day!

The “Osteoporosis: What you need to know” brochure covers osteoporosis risk factors and offers a simple risk check. Download it here 👉 https://bit.ly/4yAeWbf

Build. Protect. Strengthen your bones for life. 🦴

20/10/2026

Today, on World Osteoporosis Day 2026, the Lydia Osteoporosis Project brings together three Scottish Commonwealth medal-winning athletes to share an important message: bone health matters at every age.

Please watch our short video and share it with others. Every share helps us continue the Lydia Osteoporosis Project's work to raise awareness and support bone health

Together, let’s “Step Up for Bone Health” with International Osteoporosis Foundation



Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh
International Osteoporosis Foundation
Royal Osteoporosis Society
NHS Scotland

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15/10/2026

A new IOF position statement assesses the potential link between MGUS and fracture risk and offers the first clinical guidance on bone health for patients with MGUS.

📄 Read the full paper (Open Access) here: https://bit.ly/4jKNlAv

Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a haematological condition among older adults, yet its impact on bone health is not widely recognised.

IOF hopes the Bone Cancer Working Group's new position statement will raise awareness of this challenging condition and encourage timely recognition and appropriate management of bone fragility in patients with MGUS, such as screening for MGUS when investigating a fragility fracture, undertaking a comprehensive bone evaluation when clinical MGUS is diagnosed, and treating patients at risk with antiresorptive agents at osteoporosis rather than oncology doses.

The paper will be especially relevant to GPs, endocrinologists, rheumatologists, haematologists, gynaecologists, geriatricians, advanced practice nurses, and internists.

Paper Title: “Clinical guidance on evaluation and management of bone fragility in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS): an IOF position statement

Authors: Cyrille B. Confavreux, Beatrice Bouvard, Robert Blank, Peyman Hadji, Emmanuel Biver, Jean-Jacques Body, Maria Luisa Brandi, Claudia Campusano, Peter R. Ebeling, Abdellah El Maghraoui, Gerold Holzer, David Kendler, Tobie de Villiers, René Rizzoli & A. Joseph Foldes