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12 Nov

Breast Cancer Screening

Article by Marina Geli Fàbrega, doctor and former Health Minister Population screenings Population-based screening is one of the most effective and equitable public health strategies for detecting diseases among population subgroups in the asymptomatic phase. Breast cancer screening reduces mortality by 30% in women over the age of 50. In Catalonia, public population-based screening is […]

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5 Nov

OSTEOPENIA: we promote a multidisciplinary agreement with patients and 20 scientific societies

Barcelona, 17 October. On 15 October, OAFI published a “Multidisciplinary consensus on the treatment of patients with osteopenia and fracture risk in Spain” * BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, with the participation of patients, 45 leading experts in the field of bone health, and 20 scientific societies. Osteopenia Osteopenia is an underdiagnosed condition that represents an intermediate […]

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28 Oct

Stronger than pain

THE OAFI FOUNDATION CELEBRATES THE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS. WITH THE SLOGAN ‘STRONGER THAN PAIN’, MORE THAN 500 PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS AND OSTEOPOROSIS GATHER IN BARCELONA TO BREAK THE SILENCE ON JOINT PAIN. Barcelona, 27th of October. The International Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis Foundation (OAFI) On 22 and 23 October, the […]

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20 Oct

Female Athlete Triad (FAT): an imbalance between sport and health

Article by José Luís Baquero, CSR, RI and Access Coordinator, OAFI Foundation, and Alejandro Baquero Zazo, Marta García Manrique, Ángel González de la Flor, Nina Martínez Fernández, Jose Luis Neyro Bilbao and Josep Vergés Milano. Article published in The New Medical Economics in October 2025 The ‘female athlete triad’ (FAT), a term coined in 1992 […]

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1 Oct

🌿Say goodbye to pain: 8 real tips for living with osteoarthritis

Hello — if you are reading this, you have already taken a very important step: wanting to relieve your pain and take better care of yourself. At OAFI, we believe that every person with Osteoarthritis deserves to live with dignity, independence and, above all, with less pain. And that small changes, done well, can make […]

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17 Sep

World Osteoarthritis Day

17 September 2025, World Osteoarthritis Day, is an annual event dedicated to raising awareness of this chronic joint disease that affects 595 million people worldwide. In Spain, 7 million people suffer from OA (Osteoarthritis), with prevalence increasing with age. In France, 15 million people suffer from osteoarthritis. World Osteoarthritis Day World Osteoarthritis Day was created […]

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5 Aug

Smoking patient: Experience in quitting smoking

AUTHORS: José Luís Baquero Úbeda, Marina Baquero Zazo, Nina Martínez Fernández, Manel Santiñà Vila, Josep Vergés Milano y Josep Vilajoana i Celaya Article published in New Medical Economics Relationship with diseases Life expectancy increases every year in Spain, both for men and women, with the average now above 80 years. In this context, 60% of […]

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1 Jul

Gestation and Lactation: Sustainable Bone Health

During pregnancy and lactation, the mother’s bone health may deteriorate, increasing the risk of fractures and permanent sequelae. Article published by Sandra Toril Coca and Jose Luis Baquero, Marina Baquero, Nina Martínez and Josep Vergés in New Medical Economics. Osteoporosis during pregnancy and breastfeeding Osteoporosis during pregnancy and lactation, although rare, it can occur and […]

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13 Jun

Hoaxes: a public health problem

In the society in which we live, the volume of information available to us is growing faster and faster. This information is often not transmitted by professional or appropriate preceptors, and is often biased, incomplete, inadequate or outright lies and becomes a hoax. That is why we must understand and find out what the source […]

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5 Jun

NUTRITION: HOW TO HELP WITH MUSCLE MASS LOSS?

Article courtesy of Antonela Bávaro, Nutritionist and collaborator of OAFI Sarcopenia, the progressive loss of muscle mass Why is muscle mass important? It’s not just to look good aesthetically; nutritionists and doctors always emphasize increasing it and lowering fat levels because it is also very important to PREVENT fractures, injuries, for example in athletes, and not only […]

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