Category OAFI Friends

3 May

The Women’s Race 2024 is here!

OAFI and AECOSAR present at the Madrid Women’s Race with activities and workshops Life expectancy is increasing every year, and is now around 85 years for women. However, in Spain, 60% of people over 65 years of age have more than one chronic pathology, that is to say, most of our elderly are patients and […]

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23 Apr

Communication, a crucial tool for improving the quality of life of osteoarthritis patients

OA is a degenerative disease que afecta al cartílago, hueso subcondral y tejidos blandos de la articulación. Según publicaciones recientes, se calcula que ya la sufren casi 600 millones de personas en todo el mundo y las previsiones apuntan a que estos números aumentaran de manera acelerada con el aumento de la esperanza de vida. […]

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18 Apr

Transforming lives

“Transforming lives: the importance of your support to OAFI”. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by wear and tear of the articular cartilage, resulting in pain, stiffness and loss of mobility. Osteoarthritis is a disease that can have a significant impact on the quality of life […]

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15 Apr

Health dimension of osteoarthritis

CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE In this new meeting, we will analyze the health situation in relation to the progressive increase of patients with osteoarthritis in Spain and its consequences, especially with regard to primary care, and we will propose measures that will enable an effective and sustainable present and future solution, […]

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4 Apr

Expert volunteers and patients, our best team!

The patient is the raison d’être of the Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) and is the engine that drives us to work and move forward. OAFI Volunteer Being an OAFI volunteer means being committed to the cause and helping to carry out the initiatives promoted in favor of other patients and the Society in the field […]

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20 Mar

12 proposals to reduce the impact of obesity

With the aim of developing strategies to reduce the impact of obesity in our country, the report ‘Health and social situation of people with obesity in Spain’, drawn up by the Alliance for Obesity, made up of thirteen patient organizations and scientific societies, was presented at the Congress of Deputies. In the format of two […]

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22 Feb

Perimenopause and Osteoarthritis

Most osteoarticular pathologies are closely related to age and women, among other factors. For this reason, at OAFI we have established a new collaboration framework agreement with MENOGENERATION, a dissemination platform that aims to give a voice to all women, providing them with information, products and resources to overcome collateral problems during the perimenopause stage […]

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21 Feb

Healthy cooking for Osteoporosis patients

You can now download and try the Alicia Foundation’s healthy cooking guide for Osteoporosis patients. This week we provide you with a very practical cooking guide, where you will find recipes recommended for people suffering from bone disease, especially those suffering from osteoporosis. The recipe book has been kindly provided to us by Alicia, a […]

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9 Feb

We are ready at the starting line of #ARTICULANDO24

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31 Jan

Impact of fragility fractures in Spanish women with postmenopausal osteoporosis

“In 2017, 327,600 fragility fractures occurred in Spain, 260,000 of them in women. Fragility fractures are those caused by a low impact, such as a fall from a height corresponding to standing upright, and are the main consequence of osteoporosis, a disease that affects 22.5% of Spanish women over 50 years of age, a percentage […]

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