OAFI is the Osteoarthritis Foundation International, the first and only Foundation exclusively devoted to people with osteoarthritis worldwide. The Foundation was created in Barcelona in October 2016 with the aim of leading the fight against osteoarthritis by promoting education, prevention, treatment and research into everything related...
300 million people suffer from osteoarthritis all over the world, a figure that has doubled in the past 30 years and affects increasingly younger population. Obesity, ageing, and sports as running or football are among the main causes of this increase. In Spain, the...
Barcelona, world capital of patients with osteoarthritis. With the aim of raising awareness of the disease and giving visibility to people suffering from osteoarthritis, the International Osteoarthritis Foundation (OAFI) organised the 2nd International Congress of Osteoarthritis Patients. As part of the Foundation's social commitment, the event...
The Mediterranean diet has been associated with reduced cardiovascular risks, a reduction in the appearance of certain subtypes of cancer or chronic diseases and better cognitive health. Recently, a bibliographic review developed by a group of several Spanish centers has compiled the existing information on...
The most frequent are anxiety and depression, high blood pressure, gastro-oesophageal reflux and peripheral vascular disease. Women also have a poorer perception of their quality of life, more pain and less mobility. Specialists point out the importance of taking these differential factors in women...
One in four osteoarthritis patients suffers from anxiety or depression April 7 is International Health Day and this year is dedicated to depression Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that causes pain, deformity and affects the mobility and quality of life of those who suffer...