NOFSA Marks World Osteoporosis Day with a Vision: Building Better Bones and a World without Fragility Fractures
The National Osteoporosis Foundation of South Africa (NOFSA) is proud to join the global community in celebrating World Osteoporosis Day on October 20th, 2023. This year’s theme, “Building Better Bones,” underscores the importance of bone health and encourages individuals to take action to prevent osteoporosis and fragility fractures. Together, our vision is a world without fragility fractures in which healthy mobility is a reality for all.
Osteoporosis and breast cancer: effects and management
During October the world focuses on Breast Cancer Awareness Month and on the 20th of October we celebrate World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis in...
HIV and the impact on your bones
HIV and bones should both be priority topics at any time. But possibly in the modern context, people are more concerned with HIV. However, the...
How a strong core helps your bones
We often think of bones in individual areas: we have a bad back, a painful shoulder, a creaky knee, an uncomfortable hip, and we rarely consider the...
Is Cortisone Bad for your Bones?
As we age, many of us are subject to various medications for a host of chronic ailments. And osteoporosis is possibly not least of these. But while...
PREGNANCY INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS: A PATIENT STORY
Natalie is a 32-year-old attorney from Cape Town South Africa. She gave birth to her third baby in October 2022 and has three children, age 9, age...
How a vegan diet impacts your bones – and what to do about it
While going vegan can give one a great deal of satisfaction, especially with regard to a greener footprint on the planet, there are some factors...
How gender and ethnicity impact your bones
There are certain factors that affect our bones that we have no real control over – factors which are the very basis and kernel of who we are; our...
Bone Lazy: exercise and bone health
If you have a tendency to relax on the couch more than you exercise, then you are in danger of really messing up your bones. Seriously, a couch...
NOFSA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF AWARENESS
NOFSA, the only non-profit, voluntary health organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong bone health turned 30 on 1 March 2023. Osteoporosis is a...
Brittle Bones in the Month of Love
The idea that love and romance is only for young people has long been dead. In truth, age is no barrier for romance; any age at any time is suitable...
We’ve got your back: keeping osteoporosis at bay
To be frank, only your back has got your back. So looking after your back from as young as possible is an extremely wise thing to do. Without a...