Category OAFI News

8 Jul

Patients and Experts Agree: Vitamin D Should Be Included in Primary Care Analysis

On June 29, the Asociación Nacional de Informadores de la Salud (ANIS), together with Agencia Raíz, organized the debate “Vitamin D: controversies and evidence 2021”, in which the impact of vitamin D on the population and on patients with osteoporosis was discussed. With invited experts in the sector such as Dr. Francisco López Medrano, physician […]

30 Sep

The IV Edition of The OAFI Osteoarthritis Patients World Congress is Coming Soon

During the days 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th of November, the Osteoarthritis Foundation International will organize the IV International Congress of OA Patients. In this exceptional year, the congress is adapted to the security and prevention measures against the Covid-19 pandemic and will be held in a virtual format. The presentations, debates, and round […]

7 May

“The Day After” Article “Diari El Punt” by Dr. Vergés

“The Day After” original Article in catalan “The day after” At the time of writing this article we are still in the coronavirus pandemic crisis, it is already time to take all hygienic measures against contagion, and give priority to the public health problems such as supporting and protecting the health personnel or enabling new […]

5 Mar

A European Project That Will Send Dietary and Personalized Habits of Life

The OAFI Foundation participates in a European project led by EURECAT that works on the development of a system for sending dietary advice and personalized lifestyle habits to users with the aim of training consumers to prevent diet-related diseases. The PREVENTOMICS project is based on biomarkers and proposes personalized nutrition plans based on the characteristics of each individual […]

11 Apr

OAFI explains the proposal for a new care management model for OA patients at the General patients Alliance conference

OAFI, International Foundation of Patients with Arthrosis, has participated in the 6th Patients’ Day of the General Alliance of Patients (AGP) at the round table “Giving voice to pathologies. Current situation, care demands and unmet needs” which was held today in Madrid. Dr. Josep Vergés, President and CEO of the OAFI, explained that osteoarthritis affects […]

2 Apr

Dr. Vergés shares his experience in osteoarthritis with MYCEC Master’s Degree students

Dr. Josep Vergés, CEO and President of OAFI International Foundation, has given two sessions at the Teófilo Hernández Institute (Autonomous University of Madrid) as a professor on the importance of the patient in clinical trials, within the Master in Monitoring and Coordination of Clinical Trials, which this year celebrates its 21st edition, directed by Professor […]

29 Mar

Osteoarthritis international experts involved in the work of the OAFI Foundation

The OAFI Foundation welcomed Dr. Marc Hochberg, an internationally recognized expert in the field of osteoarthritis (OA). Dr. Hochberg is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Johns Hopkins University. This meeting has allowed us to learn and […]

24 Jan

Exercise therapy may postpone total hip replacement surgery in patients with hip osteoarthritis

The University of Oslo in Norway conducted a study1 on the effect of exercise on the long-term need for total hip replacement. Physical activity and patient information are recommended for all patient with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee as first-line treatment. In fact exercise therapy was found to be beneficial in reducing pain and […]

22 Jan

The Liubljana statement calls for political commitment to reduce health inequalities

The OAFI Foundation, together with more than 30 European institutions, signed the Ljubljana Statement on political commitment to reduce health inequalities. The document set up by the Public Health Association of the European Union and the National Institute of Public Health of Slovenia, and presented in Ljubljana at the European Public Health Conference, reiterates the […]

30 Oct

SUCCESS OF # OAFICONGRESS18 – II International Congress of Patients with Osteoarthritis

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 was FREE of charge and took place on 9 […]

OAFI is the International Osteoarthritis Foundation, the first and only foundation aimed exclusively at people with osteoarthritis worldwide.

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