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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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24 May

Socio-health care model

Socio-health care model Recently, in the professional world of community pharmacy, in the centers and patient associations, there has been quite a stir in the Community of Madrid. Due to the fact that the General Directorate of Social and Health Coordination of the CAM’s Health Department has reportedly stated its interpretation of what is contained […]

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24 May

OAFI at the III Jornadas del Bienestar de Palasiet

Palasiet Thalasso-Clínica & Hotel has programmed for the coming weeks of May and June its III Jornadas del Bienestar Palasiet, The aim is to disseminate different aspects related to the concept of healthy living and integrative medicine, which is the basis of the company’s health offer Thalasso-Clínic in Benicàssim. Top-level presentations at the Wellness Conference […]

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23 May

New President of the Spanish Rheumatology Society

New President Dr. Marcos Paulino Huertas, Chief of the Rheumatology Service of the Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, is the new president of Spanish Rheumatology Society (SER in spanish), and will hold this position from May 2024 to May 2026. The new president of the SER has set as his priority objectives “to integrate […]

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10 May

Do you have Osteoarthritis? Take part in our survey now!

“Health Literacy and Quality of Life of Osteoarthritis Patients”: Help us continue our research and answer some very simple questions. If you want to know more about the survey, we leave you the link to OAFI Radio (Spanish) where you can see all the information. Call OAFI Foundation now or enter the QR and help […]

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15 Apr

Health dimension of osteoarthritis

CHALLENGES AND MEASURES TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE In this new meeting, we will analyze the health situation in relation to the progressive increase of patients with osteoarthritis in Spain and its consequences, especially with regard to primary care, and we will propose measures that will enable an effective and sustainable present and future solution, […]

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20 Mar

12 proposals to reduce the impact of obesity

With the aim of developing strategies to reduce the impact of obesity in our country, the report ‘Health and social situation of people with obesity in Spain’, drawn up by the Alliance for Obesity, made up of thirteen patient organizations and scientific societies, was presented at the Congress of Deputies. In the format of two […]

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