Bone Health for Life provides practical advice for women, and their health professionals, to improve bone health so as to prevent and manage osteoporosis.

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Osteonecrosis of the jaw

February 2008

This information has been prepared by to provide doctors and pharmacists with information on the incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw associated with use of bisphosphonates. This is provided following requests for information sources resulting from a television report on Tuesday 11 December 2007.

For more information about osteonecrosis of the jaw see
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Professional Development Activities

Free, online Active Learning Module - Osteoporosis: Under-diagnosed and under-treated - currently under review. For available activities go to Online GP & HP Education

Bone Health for Life Questionnaire

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Vitamin D Guidleines

New guidelines on sun exposure and vitamin D deficiency have been recently released. Importantly these guidelines were developed from experts in both the skin cancer and osteoporosis fields. These guidelines will help inform Australians about how much sun they need to avoid vitamin D deficiency and at the same time stay healthy without increasing their risk of skin cancer. Read more...

Men warned of osteoporosis problems

Not just a woman's problem

A McMaster University researcher is alerting men and their doctors that osteoporosis isn't just a woman's problem but that the bone-wasting disease can severely afflict them, too.

To overcome this common perception, Dr. Aliya A. Khan, a professor of clinical medicine, led a group of five Canadian experts in the development of guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and management of osteoporosis in men. Their paper appears in the January 30 issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). Read more...

Good News for the over 70’s

Government announces changes to osteoporosis medication and bone density testing

From 1 April 2007, a common osteoporosis medication, alendronate, will be available on the PBS for people aged 70 years and over who have a bone density of minus 3 (very low bone density). Read more...

Content Updated July 27, 2009