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                    [Title] => IOF, Fonterra establish bone health research grant
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The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and Fonterra recently announced the establishment of a new bone health insights research grant.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 675687 [Title] => Results of bone health research bared [Summary] =>

Did you know that at age 25 bones start breaking down? Yet, the sad truth is that bone health is largely unrecognized as a health issue in the Philippines.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-14 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 651365 [Title] => Data show osteoporosis drug preserves bone mass, provides fracture protection [Summary] =>

Novartis announced recently that new six-year data reinforce the long-term efficacy and safety profile of once-yearly zoledronic acid 5 mg in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 648679 [Title] => The state of bone health in Asia [Summary] =>

Osteoporosis is a silent disease that is approaching epidemic proportions in Asia.

[DatePublished] => 2011-01-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1422176 [AuthorName] => Joy Angelica Subido [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 593008 [Title] => Novartis osteoporosis treatment surpasses 1-millionth infusion [Summary] =>

More than one million patients around the world have received the breakthrough Novartis anti-osteoporosis treatment intravenous zoledronic acid.

[DatePublished] => 2010-07-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 528503 [Title] => Osteoporosis risk rises in aging Asian population [Summary] =>

Asian women are more likely get osteoporosis because our bones are thinner than those of our Caucasian counterparts.

[DatePublished] => 2009-12-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 412712 [Title] => Make osteoporosis a health priority, gov't urged [Summary] => The Osteoporosis Society of the Philippines Foundation Inc. (OSPFI), in coordination with Roche Philippines, Inc., urged ... [DatePublished] => 2008-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Science and Environment [SectionUrl] => science-and-environment [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 366321 [Title] => Good to the bones [Summary] => Osteoporosis is everything that it’s cracked up to be. Consider this an alarming fact: Osteoporosis is the fastest growing disease in the world. Statistics show that it affects one in three women and one in five men aged 60 and above. This silent epidemic reduces the density and quality of bones, leads to weakness of the skeleton, and increases the risk of fracture on the spine, hip, and wrist.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-31 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1670816 [AuthorName] => Rebecca C. Rodriguez [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 340031 [Title] => Britt Ekland: ‘Break a leg, but don’t go breaking your bones’ [Summary] => Remember Britt Ekland? If the name rings a resonant bell, you must be a baby boomer who has watched a film (or two or three) of this gorgeous blond, like perhaps The Man With the Golden Gun, where she plays James Bond’s girl Mary Goodnight. Back then, she was tagged as being famous for being famous. You must have known this Swedish delight as much for her action movies as for her sex comedies circa the ’70s. But did you know that this sensuous star who used to heat up the silver screen is now battling a crippling disease called osteoporosis?
[DatePublished] => 2006-06-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096607 [AuthorName] => Ching M. Alano [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 139159 [Title] => Lower incidence of broken bones reason for osteoporosis treatment [Summary] => Improved patient compliance also stressed
[DatePublished] => 2001-11-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) ) )
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