Category OAFI News

4 Oct

Total success at the online Nutrition Workshop

The Nutrition Workshop, which on this occasion took place in ONLINE format, was directed as always by the Dra. Laura Arranz, a prestigious dietician-nutritionist with extensive experience in pain management, weight control and specialist in anti-inflammatory diets. ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DIET What is the anti-inflammatory diet? What foods can help us feel better and reduce pain? How […]

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27 Sep

Sello OAFI a la Residencia para Mayores Ballesol Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 26 de septiembre de 2024 Este miércoles 25 de septiembre, la Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI), bajo la iniciativa OAFI Space, un programa inédito a nivel nacional e internacional, fruto de la I+D de OAFI, que observa, revisa y certifica espacios en función de su adaptabilidad a la salud articular, ha acreditado […]

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17 Sep

World Osteoarthritis Day: More than 595 million people are already affected worldwide

On the occasion of World Osteoarthritis Day, OAFI reinforces its commitment to the fight against this disease, which affects more than 595 million people globally, including more than 7 million in Spain. OAFI FOUNDATION: OUR COMMITMENT TO OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS PATIENTS Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease and represents the second leading cause of […]

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1 Aug

GOAPPS: the Global Osteoarthritis Patient Perception Survey

The OA Patients Force, led by OAFI, has launched the “Global Osteoarthritis Patient Perception Survey” ARTHROSIS AND GOAPPS Worldwide, osteoarthritis affects more than 595 million people, and this figure is expected to double in the next three decades. Understanding patients’ needs and views is essential to make future care and treatment options more effective. To this […]

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21 Jun

TECHNICAL TEAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OAFI SPACE

As of this week, OAFI and Arnaiz have set to work to create a technical team and start implementing the project OAFI SPACE, working together in the creation and development of spaces adapted to the needs of people with rheumatic pathologies, such as Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis or Sarcopenia. The start of this new collaboration was formalised, […]

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13 Jun

OAFI receives the La Razón Salud Special Award

“The newspaper LA RAZÓN celebrated yesterday the XIII Edition of the A TU SALUD Awards, the annual event in which this Sunday supplement, which has already published its 1,000th issue, recognizes innovation, research efforts and the work of professionals in our country in the different areas covered in its pages. The ceremony was presided over […]

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30 May

Nutrition Workshop: EMOTIONAL EATING

OAFI Nutrition Workshops with Dr. Arranz, dietician-nutritionist specializing in pain and anti-inflammatory diet. The pleasure of eating is something normal and that we like the most caloric is a very strong basic instinct, but we are stronger and we can train how to enjoy what really suits us. We will learn about emotional eating. Are […]

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30 May

SOCFIC, the OAFI Foundation and AECOSAR sign a collaboration agreement to unite community pharmacy and patients in the prevention and treatment of joint health

The agreement with SOCFIC includes actions such as the development of studies, the implementation of prevention and social awareness campaigns and the creation of social programs to help patients with osteoarticular pathologies from Latin American community pharmacies. Barcelona, May 29th, 2024. The Iberoamerican Professional Scientific Society of Community Pharmacy (SOCFIC), Osteoarthritis Foundation International (OAFI) and […]

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29 May

“Take care of your mother because she’s not going to take care of herself.”

Osteoarticular pathology is one of the most frequent among the elderly and especially among women. In fact, in Spain, more than 7 million people suffer from osteopenia or osteoporosis, and there are more than 14 million people affected by osteoarthritis. Early Diagnosis and Prevention Promoting Early Diagnosis and Prevention is fundamental, since these are diseases […]

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29 May

OAFI at Isokinetic 2024

This past weekend took place the congress Isokinetic 2024, on Sports Medicine, held at Cívitas Metropolitano (Madrid), and Atlético de Madrid Club and its Medical Services have played an important part in its organization. OAFI Studies OAFI has participated with the presentation of the advances in different studies of our R+D: Fantastic Workshops at Isokinetic […]

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