- Half of women aged over 50 will break bones due to osteoporosis, and a fifth of men.
- Information and support
- Osteoporosis
- Just diagnosed
- Video 1: What is osteoporosis?
- Film 2: How is osteoporosis diagnosed?
- Film 3: How is osteoporosis treated?
- Film 4: How do I keep my bones healthy?
- Causes
- Anti-epileptic drugs
- Anorexia and osteoporosis
- Breast cancer treatments
- Depo-Provera
- Transgender (trans) people and osteoporosis
- Steroids
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Age and bone strength
- Thyroid disease
- Symptoms
- Scans, tests and results
- Bone density scan (DXA)
- Fracture risk assessment
- Bone markers for osteoporosis
- Talking to your GP
- Ultrasound scan
- Osteoporosis treatment, medication and drugs
- Alendronate (alendronic acid)
- Teriparatide
- Zoledronic acid
- Do I need to take a medication?
- Which medication should I take?
- How long should I take my medication?
- Getting the best from your medication
- Possible health risks
- Telephone consultations
- Video consultations
- Denosumab
- Hormone replacement therapy (HRT)
- Ibandronate
- Raloxifene
- Risedronate
- Romosozumab (Evenity)
- Developments in osteoporosis treatment
- Strontium ranelate
- Abaloparatide FAQs
- Living with osteoporosis
- Recovering from a broken bone
- Exercise and physical activity for osteoporosis
- Before and after exercise
- Bone and muscle strengthening
- Staying steady
- Caring for your back
- Exercises for back pain after spinal fractures
- Exercises to help with posture
- Moving and lifting safely
- Bending forward with osteoporosis
- Pilates with osteoporosis
- Vibration therapy
- Exercise for balance
- Reducing your risk of broken bones
- Managing pain
- Pain relief medications
- Self-help strategies
- Coping with long term pain
- Speaking to your doctor about pain
- Specialist medical procedures
- Other ways to help relieve pain
- Everyday life
- Spinal fractures
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) and osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis in children
- Pregnancy-associated osteoporosis
- Related conditions
- Osteoporosis in men
- Bone health
- Exercise for bones
- How to build up exercise for your bone strength
- Dance for your bones
- Legacy event: Exercise resources - Your guide
- Vitamin D for bones
- Nutrition for bones
- Bone health checklist
- Support for you
- Download fact sheets and booklets
- Support in your area
- Find your nearest support group
- D-F
- G-I
- Garstang
- Glasgow
- Gravesend
- Guernsey
- Gwent
- Hambleton and Richmond
- Hastings
- Ipswich
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
- M-O
- Manchester
- Medway
- Merthyr
- Morecambe
- Newcastle
- Newtown
- Norfolk and Suffolk
- Northampton
- Norwich
- Nottingham
- Oxford Support Group
- Market Deeping
- P-R
- S-U
- Salisbury
- Sheffield Support Group
- Southampton
- Stockport Support Group
- Sutton
- Middlesbrough
- Salford
- West Surrey
- Skipton
- Scotland
- Swindon
- V-X
- Y-Z
- A-C
- Aberdeen and North East
- Wigan
- Belfast
- Birmingham
- Galashiels Support Group
- Brighton and Hove
- Bristol Support Group
- Bromley
- South Buckinghamshire
- Burton-Upon-Trent
- Cardiff
- Carmarthen
- Coventry
- Cambridge Support Group
- Bradford
- Cheltenham
- J-L
- Stay in touch
- Better Bones Luton
- Free osteoporosis Helpline
- Bone Matters
- Useful organisations
- Online Community
- Diagnosed with osteoporosis?
- Osteopenia
- How you can help
- Membership
- Get involved
- Fundraising
- Royal Osteoporosis Society’s face-to-face fundraising
- Charity runs in your local area
- Your 206 Challenge
- Bake for Bones
- Raise awareness
- Share your story
- World Osteoporosis Day
- Raising Awareness of Osteoporosis in the Workplace Digital Sessions
- Partner with us
- Campaign with us
- All-Party Parliamentary Group on Osteoporosis
- How to End the Postcode Lottery for Access to a Quality Fracture Liaison Service
- Fracture Prevention and Osteoporosis in Primary Care
- Take our 2021 'Life with osteoporosis' survey
- Lobbying your MP or other elected officials
- Life with Osteoporosis 2021: the untold story
- Petition for 100% FLS
- Volunteer with us
- Volunteer Network News
- December 2022
- October 2022
- August 2022
- June 2022
- April 2022
- February 2022
- February 2023
- May 2023
- August 2023
- November 2023
- March 2024
- May 2024
- Community Advocate Network
- Online Champion
- Volunteer with support groups
- Individual volunteer
- Community Presenter
- Support our campaign work
- Give
- Spring Appeal
- Our promise to you
- Give a gift
- Leave a gift
- Give in celebration
- Play the weekly lottery
- In memory giving
- Christmas cards in support of the Royal Osteoporosis Society
- Coronavirus pandemic
- Summer appeal
- Christmas Appeal: A day in the life of a specialist nurse
- Play the weekly lottery flyer
- No More Broken Bones No More Broken Lives
- Because of you
- ShareGift
- Healthcare professionals
- Membership and networks
- Tools and resources
- Clinical quality toolkits
- Fracture Liaison Services
- Resources for your patients
- Epidemiology of Osteoporotic Fracture: an overview
- Courses and CPD
- NTSBD
- Bone Densitometry Foundation course
- Fracture Prevention Practitioner Training
- RCGP Osteoporosis e-Learning
- Osteoporosis resources for primary care
- Introduction
- Identification
- Investigation
- Initiation
- Information
- Frameworks and guidance
- Practice nurses
- Videocasts and webinars
- Vertebral Fracture Identification E-Learning
- Osteoporosis Online
- Bitesize Videos for Primary Health Care Professionals
- Research
- Our strategy and projects
- Our research strategy
- Screening for high fracture risk
- Supported research projects
- Identifying those with the condition and at risk
- Improving osteoporosis medicine adherence
- Tackling inequalities in osteoporosis care
- Understanding the causes and mechanisms
- Achievements and news
- Animals in Research Policy
- Support for researchers
- Get involved in research
- About us
- Who we are
- Unbiased, accurate and relevant information
- President
- Ambassadors
- Board of trustees
- Senior Leadership Team
- Our partners
- Our shared beliefs
- Sub-Committees
- Our integrity
- Clinical and Academic Advisors
- How we help
- How we use your information
- Work with us
- Contact us
- Media centre
- Social media guidelines
- Our strategy
- Latest News
- Osteoporosis drug strontium ranelate (Protelos) no longer available after August
- We’ve cancelled our upcoming public events
- What does a typical day look like for our nurses staying at home?
- Supporters celebrate their gardens online
- Amelie, 7, 'spreads some sunshine' with her fundraising
- How we celebrated Volunteers' Week 2020
- Supporting healthcare professionals to get osteoporosis services back up and running
- Share your story to help others through the pandemic
- Ensuring we can be here for you in the future
- Trevor cycles 170 miles to fundraise for osteoporosis
- Can bisphosphonates make your bones weaker?
- 2020.09.10 - Nick Gardner to climb all 282 Munros for osteoporosis
- Improving osteoporosis care with our new digital event for clinicians
- Heather and Hayden cycle 50 km to fundraise for osteoporosis
- Remembering our first Helpline nurses
- Helpline goes the extra mile during Covid-19
- ROS Trustee recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall’s video message for World Osteoporosis Day
- New drug treatment for osteoporosis approved in Scotland
- Government plans to distribute vitamin D
- Can vibration therapy help those living with osteoporosis?
- ROS staff and volunteers ‘reach out to help out’ during the pandemic
- Helpline secures £100,000 National Lottery Community Fund to help people living with the condition through the crisis
- Our response to Oxford study which finds people on vegan diets may have more fractures
- We welcome the Government's decision to distribute vitamin D supplements
- Moving towards a cure for osteoporosis with our Research Roadmap
- World leading bone health consultant receives top accolade
- Dame Barbara Windsor: A tribute from our CEO
- Join our Research Grants Assessment Panel
- MBE for world-leading rheumatologist
- Craig Revel Horwood wins £40k for ROS on ‘The Wall’
- As we clap for carers again, don’t forget our charity sector heroes
- New report highlights types of exercise children and young people need for their muscles and bones
- New osteoporosis video series launches
- Royal Osteoporosis Society discussion in the House of Lords today
- Civil Society Magazine reports on the ROS’s experience of the pandemic
- Priority areas for research outlined in Research Roadmap
- Hope and Connection: the ROS publishes its annual objectives and targets
- How we make sure our health information is balanced, independent and relevant
- Find a fabulous gift at our first online Mother’s Day Auction
- ROS comments on NICE delay around review into use of non-bisphosphonates
- Our Impact in 2020: Annual Report published today
- Let’s talk about ageing well: bone health features on ITV
- New All-Party Group Launched to Break the Silence on Osteoporosis in Parliament
- New Funding for Osteoporosis Research
- ROS Comments on Report Addressing Vitamin D Deficiency in Ireland
- New NICE guidance does not change how pain from fractures is managed
- Astronaut Helen Sharman OBE joins ROS as Ambassador
- New Bone Health Accreditation Scheme Launches
- Take part in the Captain Tom 100 challenge
- Volunteer with us
- TV legend Trisha Goddard becomes an ROS Ambassador
- Live event about the benefits of ballet for bones
- ROS joins the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA)
- Help improve hip fracture protection clothing
- Share your experiences to help improve fracture prevention services
- Cake Whisperer Val Stones joins ROS as Ambassador
- Take part in our 2021 survey
- Shall we dance? Why we should all be dancing for our bones
- National Osteoporosis Society has Royal title approved by The Queen
- Behind the scenes at The Julien Macdonald Fashion Show
- Vital vitamin D clinical guidelines updated for healthcare professionals
- Strontium ranelate returns to the UK as an osteoporosis drug treatment
- Our latest campaign to reach more people with osteoporosis
- Chief Executive Claire Severgnini announces retirement
- Our thoughts on the new biosimilars for osteoporosis available on the NHS
- Our experts respond to new study about continuing breast cancer risks after HRT
- New osteoporosis medication approved for use in the UK
- Professor Neil Gittoes appointed as our new Chair of Trustees
- Craig Jones appointed as our new CEO
- Our research and the coronavirus outbreak
- A message from our President, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
- A message from our Chief Executive, Craig Jones
- The 40th Race, your way
- ROS announces its intention to relocate to connect better with partners and the public
- Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones, but few people know how to get enough, according to new research
- ROS to collaborate on new vertebral fracture project
- ROS welcomes new shared decision making guidance from NICE
- Couple from Nottingham reflect on 10 amazing years of tea dances
- ROS launches the Better Bones Picnic to raise vital funds and awareness
- New videos to support people living with spinal fractures
- ROS strongly backs the Private Member’s Bill for the waiving of prescription charges for HRT
- Comment on recent reports about challenges with children’s bone health
- Take our membership survey
- 85,000 people with osteoporosis in England are missing out on the drug treatments they need
- ROS welcomes Scotland’s Women's Health Plan 2021-2024
- Response to news on surges in smoking and heavy drinking during COVID lockdown
- ROS welcomes news that New Medicines Service will expand to cover Osteoporosis medication
- New report shows why 2.2m people have undiagnosed spinal fractures
- ROS provides information on shortage of blood test tubes and need to continue with denosumab
- ROS welcome the PM’s funding to tackle NHS backlogs, but the treatment gap for osteoporosis goes back a long way
- Remembering Professor John Studd (1940-2021)
- ROS Criticises BBC’s Casualty for Misleading Portrayal of Osteoporosis and Calls for a Correction
- ROS welcomes the BBC's response to our request for correction of misleading information
- ROS comments on cow collagen supplement for osteoporosis
- Join us for an exclusive evening with astronaut Helen Sharman, CMG OBE
- Low awareness of vitamin D could be putting the nation’s bone health at risk as we enter vitamin D blackout
- New report shows how osteoporosis is cutting tens of thousands off from work and friends
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall hosts afternoon tea at Clarence House to mark World Osteoporosis Day 2021
- HRH The Duchess of Cornwall helps to break the silence on overlooked health condition in interview with Gloria Hunniford
- Put Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) at the centre of NHS investment and the Women’s Health Strategy
- National Charity Urges People to ‘Love Your Bones’ this Halloween
- Response to HRT announcement from Government following Private Members Bill reading
- New House of Lords discussion about the need to level up Fracture Liaison Services (FLS)
- ROS launches largest ever research survey into pregnancy associated osteoporosis
- NICE decision not to recommend romosozumab for treating severe osteoporosis is very disappointing.
- The ROS is looking ahead to 2022 and beyond
- Parliamentary Group publishes the findings of its Inquiry into the postcode lottery faced by the 3.5m people with osteoporosis
- 100 clinicians call on NICE to reverse ‘unequal’ decision on the first new drug for severe osteoporosis in a decade
- The ROS welcomes government’s Vision for Women’s Health Strategy
- BBC’s Casualty explores Pregnancy Associated Osteoporosis
- Lord Black's amendment to the Health and Care Bill calling for equal access to FLS
- £400,000 funding awarded for osteoporosis research
- The ROS launches national campaign to end postcode lottery for osteoporosis care and treatment
- All-Party Parliamentary Group launches Inquiry into Primary Care for people with osteoporosis
- New strategy from the ROS intends to finally break the silence on osteoporosis
- Craig Jones: Why we’ve re-orientated our health charity following Covid-19
- ROS announces California Prunes as the newest partner to receive Bone Health Accreditation
- International Women's Day: Defeatist myths about osteoporosis have helped perpetuate one of the biggest public health crises facing women in West
- Breaking the Silence Strategy: Year One Objectives
- ROS Highlights 2021: Walk with Sholto
- ROS welcomes NICE decision on new osteoporosis treatment
- TV and radio presenter, Gloria Hunniford OBE becomes an ROS Ambassador
- New funding for osteoporosis research announced
- The ROS demands #FairnessOnFractures
- Women’s Health Strategy needs to go big on osteoporosis emergency affecting one in two women over 50
- Women’s Health Strategy has the right vision but “misses the brief” when it comes to tackling eye-watering osteoporosis treatment gap
- Drug shortages with some medications – make sure you get what you need
- 82-year-old climbs the equivalent of Everest 18 times over to raise £50,000 in honour of his wife
- New ROS research structures announced to close the osteoporosis care gap
- ROS shortlisted for two awards
- The ROS has been awarded a National Lottery grant
- Letter of condolence following the passing of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
- Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
- Advertising campaign encouraging people to consider their bone health begins
- 82-year-old wins Just Giving award after raising over £80,000 in honour of his wife
- Her Majesty The Queen Consort supports launch of UK’s first Osteoporosis Risk Checker to help people keep their bones strong for life
- People in Wales are now benefitting from new osteoporosis treatment
- ROS announces The Turmeric Co. as the newest partner to receive Bone Health Accreditation
- Brits are living with tens of thousands of broken bones due to systemic failings, new Parliamentary Inquiry finds
- New funding awarded towards osteoporosis research
- ROS is recruiting new volunteers to its Research and Innovation Grants Assessment Panel
- Her Majesty The Queen Consort Supports a Cause Close to her Heart by unveiling New Home for Osteoporosis Charity
- ROS announces programme for year two of new strategy
- ROS welcomes ‘role model’ strategy in Wales to end the postcode lottery
- New guidance on hip fracture services will improve recovery for thousands of patients
- International Women’s Day: Let’s end the ageist stereotypes that fuel the most insidious women’s health condition
- ROS saddened by passing of Baroness Masham
- Senior Parliamentarian visits Scotland’s Gift to the World on Healthy Ageing
- ROS collaborates with ITN Business on a news-style programme called Bone and Joint Health to mark World Osteoporosis Day this year.
- New funding for osteoporosis research
- ROS has successfully made the case for a funded public audit of Fracture Liaison Services in Scotland
- Thousands get early osteoporosis diagnosis after using risk checker launched with Her Majesty The Queen
- We need you. Help us persuade the Government to listen by sharing your views on osteoporosis
- New osteoporosis peer support programme to launch thanks to National Lottery funding
- Sunday Express launches the Better Bones campaign
- Third Sector Awards – we’ve been shortlisted
- Dance For Your Bones - an innovative exercise programme
- Royal Osteoporosis Society response to the first report of the Major Conditions Strategy
- House of Lords debate demands urgent action on Fracture Liaison Service coverage and gives voice to millions with undiagnosed fractures
- Royal Osteoporosis Society wins a trio of Third Sector awards, including Charity of the Year
- Shortage of strontium ranelate from October
- Leading organisations call on the Chancellor to give everyone over 50 access to a Fracture Liaison Service
- Taking osteoporosis drug treatments alongside COVID and flu vaccines
- Better Bones campaign makes impact at Political Party Conferences
- Dr Amir Khan joins the fight for the nation’s bone health
- Radio broadcaster and author Iain Dale becomes an ROS ambassador
- MPs urge action on postcode lottery for Fracture Liaison Services
- Broken promises in Autumn Statement will “blight tens of thousands of lives, while undermining trust in Parliament”
- Light the spark, so things can change
- PM’s constituent sends open letter asking him to intervene over Government u-turns on NHS fracture services
- 250,000 people per year are pointlessly exposed to harmful radiation due to bone scanning negligence in NHS
- Breaking the Silence strategy: year three objectives
- ROS responds to women's health announcement
- Fashion designer Julien Macdonald shows his support as an ROS ambassador
- Time for government to act
- New funding awarded to tackle inequalities in osteoporosis care
- GP and medical broadcaster Dr Sarah Jarvis becomes an ROS Ambassador
- Journalist and campaigner Mariella Frostrup joins as an ROS Ambassador
- Chancellor blocks proposal for Fracture Liaison Services to end suffering from osteoporosis
- 1,400 lives set to be needlessly lost this year following Government inaction on Osteoporosis
- ROS 2023 annual report: the highlights
- Alarm raised by proposal to axe “life-saving” Fracture Liaison Service, which will “shatter the lives of Nottinghamshire residents”
- ROS shortlisted for two prestigious excellence awards
- £1m investment in FLS for Wales!
- Royal Osteoporosis Society welcomes ongoing support from President, Her Majesty The Queen
- ROS welcomes Conservative commitment for universal Fracture Liaison Services by 2030, while encouraging more “boldness”
- Victory at last! Biggest policy change in memory scored for people with osteoporosis
- ROS welcomes three new Business Ambassadors
- We must end osteoporosis by holding Sunak and Starmer to account
- NICE recommends osteoporosis drug treatment for postmenopausal women
- Mark of Excellence for Better Bones Campaign
- ROS CEO shortlisted for sector award
- Relaunch of online community to help connect people living with osteoporosis, thanks to National Lottery funding
- Scottish Government announces autumn 2024 launch for Fracture Liaison Service audit
- ROS celebrates third national award shortlisting for osteoporosis campaign
- Today’s new osteoporosis drug could change lives, but not while diagnostic services are missing in half of NHS Trusts
- Become ‘mighty’ by taking part in our walking challenge this September
- ROS responds to Lord Darzi's NHS report
- Wes Streeting: “We made the promise, we’ll keep the promise” on universal Fracture Liaison Services by 2030
- Wales celebrates FLS roll-out, but there is still lots more to do
- Craig Jones: No More Broken Bones. No More Broken Lives.
- Her Majesty presents the Queen's Award for osteoporosis at Clarence House
- ROS’s Better Bones campaign receives a high commendation at the PR Week UK Awards
- The low-profile condition that’s become the second worst filler of hospital beds – and the cruel way it targets women
- With surge in NHS funding, there’s “now no excuse” not to fund bone clinics Wes Streeting said would be “one of first acts in post”
- New research funding announced to drive screening for high fracture risk
- We warmly welcome the new Quality Statement for Osteoporosis and Bone Health services in Wales
- ROS publishes its Agenda and Priorities for 2025
- Thousands of lives will be lost if Labour breaks its bone disease promise
- Minister declines to confirm Government will uphold election pledge to universal fracture services by 2030
- Statement on the Health Secretary’s remarks about ROS
- International Women’s Day: A world free of stereotypes applies to osteoporosis, too
- Devastating “postcode lottery” for osteoporosis medication - study reveals 69% of patients experience problems getting vital treatments
- In Memory of Professor Bill Fraser
- ROS 2024 annual report highlights
- Blog
- Five ways you can help us work towards a cure in 2021
- Celebrating our female runners this International Women's Day
- What's the menopause got to do with bone health?
- One mum's experience of pregnancy associated osteoporosis
- Bethany's Bones: How other health conditions can impact your bone health
- Volunteering during the pandemic
- Faces of osteoporosis: meet the physiotherapist
- 2021.06.01 - Meet our volunteers!
- Why I run: with ROS supporter Chloe
- The emotional impact of living with osteoporosis
- Faces of osteoporosis: meet the osteoporosis nurse specialist
- National Walking Month: Why I walk
- A day in the life of a Helpline nurse
- Hope for the future through research
- Father’s Day 2021: Better bone health for the next generation
- Living with spinal fractures caused by the ‘silent disease’
- Top tips for exercise from the Green Goddess
- Steroids and osteoporosis: how Mayrine’s experience of a new health condition made her think twice about her bones
- Vitamin D explained
- Why I’m leaving a gift in my will for the ROS
- Top sports to keep your bones healthy this National Fitness Day
- Lin Lee’s Story
- James’ story
- Bone Health and Vegan Diets
- Living with osteoporosis: staying connected over the festive season
- Avoiding Slips & Falls This Winter
- Top 5: Bone up on Bone Health
- Maxwell’s Marathon – Looking Ahead to 2022
- What is a Fracture Liaison Service?
- Osteoporosis in children
- Corinne's Story: anorexia and osteoporosis
- Ryan's Story: epilepsy and osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis and our family: Jean and Leanne
- Funding the future
- Tell me about: Our campaigning work – the inquiry into primary care explained
- The pituitary gland and osteoporosis
- Why I’m walking Everest Base Camp for the ROS: Corinne’s Story
- Osteoporosis and men: a message to my younger self
- Summer soup recipe
- Why I climbed all 282 Munros at the age of 80 - Nick Gardner’s fundraising feat
- Keeping active: learning to live well with osteoporosis
- Do you know your risk?
- Working together to close the care gap
- Ask Your Pharmacist about osteoporosis
- Journey to the London Marathon
- Caring for your bones at Christmas
- Building strong bones for life
- Vegan recipe: tofu tacos
- The power of the patient voice – shaping policy and influencing change
- Tell me about: Meeting Her Majesty The Queen Consort
- Understanding risk factors: anorexia
- Recipe: chicken with a herby California Prune and mushroom stuffing
- Broken bones: it doesn't have to be ‘Mum’s the word’
- ROS 2022 annual report: the highlights
- Vitamin D: welcome to the ‘sunlight zone’
- Recipe: Broccoli and cheddar Coronation quiche
- Exercise for bone health films: weight-bearing impact
- New exercise for bone health films: muscle-strengthening
- Recipe: A vitamin D-elicious recipe
- Don’t let your vitamin D drop this autumn!
- Recipe: California Prune and almond mixed grain Biriyani
- Top tips for getting in and out of bed
- Lisa’s story: a missed opportunity to spot the osteoporosis risk
- How AI is helping to speed up spinal fracture diagnosis
- Turmeric and gingerbread cookies
- Real story: Supporting a loved one with osteoporosis
- Recipe: Pistachio and citrus celebration Victoria sponge
- Recipe: Lamb and butternut squash stew
- Top tips for looking after your feet
- Recipe: Baked salmon from Val Stones
- Real story: "Now I've learnt how far I can push myself"
- Recipe: California Prune, beef and barley stew
- Recipe: Goat’s Cheese and California Prune Risotto
- An interview with osteoporosis researcher Dr Vilaca
- Vegan diets Q&A
- Real story: “It’s a cause close to my heart”
- Ed’s story: coeliac disease and osteoporosis
- BBC Good Food’s chickpea, coconut and broccoli stew
- 5 ways to manage the emotional impact of osteoporosis
- Recipe: Mediterranean fish one-pot
- Help us break the silence by becoming a volunteer
- Check your osteoporosis risk this Father’s Day
- Recipe: California Prune and Florida Grapefruit cookies
- 10 top tips for travelling abroad with osteoporosis and related fractures
- Recipe: Falafel burgers from The Vegan Society
- Real story: "I am taking on Swim Serpentine in honour of mum"
- Recipe: Good Food magazine’s caponata bake
- Celebrating our support groups, old and new
- Recipe: California Prune and almond cake
- Real Story: Lucy’s story - A surprise diagnosis
- 6 real-life questions about vegan diets and bone health, answered
- Recipe: Good Food's curried tofu wraps
- Legacy planning after the autumn Budget
- Recipe: California Prunes and passion fruit drizzle cake
- Recipe: Swedish meatballs with California Prune gravy
- Real story: “I was significantly underweight for over three years”
- Recipe: Tofu and Chestnut Wellington
- “Nine days up, three days down – and more steps than I’ve ever done in my life!”
- Recipe: Baked salmon with asparagus, pea and mascarpone risotto
- Meet Debra who ‘dared to defy’ after her osteoporosis diagnosis
- How to sleep more comfortably with osteoporosis or fractures
- Recipe: Orange, pistachio and polenta cake from Val Stones
- Sarah’s story – The risk of an early menopause
- Healthcare sector news
- Tell your patients about our 2021 survey
- Save the date for our new digital learning event
- Our updated patient information resources
- Catch up on the latest updates on-demand
- Our Stop at One campaign comes to an end
- Managing patients on biosimilars during COVID-19
- New osteoporosis video resources for your patients
- Supporting initiation on teriparatide biosimilars
- Contribute to research if you work in FLS
- Good news for fracture liaison services (FLS)
- Join our clinical expert panel
- Osteoporosis Conference 2020 postponed
- The road to accessing teriparatide biosimilars
- Our Service Delivery Lead for Wales retires
- New accreditation scheme to help people make positive choices for their bone health
- Applications are now open for research grants
- Dedicated Glasgow DXA radiographer Joyce Harrison retires
- Recall system for GPs to manage Prolia® (denosumab) injections
- Help drive research into the treatment of pelvic fractures
- Priority areas for research outlined in Research Roadmap
- "Resources that would have made all the difference to our diagnosis”
- Share your experiences to help inform system change in fracture prevention services
- Have your abstract published in Osteoporosis International
- Osteoporosis Conference 2020 to go ahead as planned
- Reduction in QOFs will impact osteoporosis detection and treatment
- New exercise information and resources for patients with or at risk of osteoporosis
- Have your say: Effective Secondary Prevention of Fragility Fractures: Clinical Standards for Fracture Liaison Services
- Healthcare commissioners urged to implement services that prevent broken bones
- New osteoporosis medication romosozumab approved in the US
- Amgen launches new Competitive Grant Program in Bone Research
- DXA tariff changes: how we can help
- In memory of Professor Francis Ring
- New study links bone strength to timing of puberty
- New biosimilars for teriparatide launched
- Chief medical officers include bone-strengthening exercises in updated physical activity guidance
- Our new clinical standards for fracture liaison services
- New osteoporosis medication approved for use in the UK
- Hip fracture report highlights need to prevent secondary fractures
- Patients with Parkinson’s disease at greater risk of fragility fractures
- New osteoporosis medication has final approval in Europe
- Report highlights need to help fracture patients adhere to treatment pathways
- We’ve suspended all our healthcare professional events
- Our Helpline is still here for you and your patients
- Publication bulk orders suspended
- We're taking our patient information sessions online
- Media release: Learning goes digital with Osteoporosis Online
- Join our new Twitter journal club
- New videos to support your patients with spinal fractures
- ROS calling for better Fracture Liaison Service funding after research shows scale of ‘postcode lottery’ facing patients
- New report identifies huge opportunity for radiologists to refer patients with spinal fractures
- The National Training Scheme for Bone Densitometry: A Nurse’s Experience
- New report shows how osteoporosis is cutting tens of thousands off from work and friends
- NICE decision not to recommend romosozumab for treating severe osteoporosis is very disappointing.
- Lord Black's amendment to the Health and Care Bill calling for equal access to FLS
- The ROS launches national campaign to end postcode lottery for osteoporosis care and treatment
- All-Party Parliamentary Group launches Inquiry into Primary Care for people with osteoporosis
- ROS welcomes NICE decision on new osteoporosis treatment
- New funding for osteoporosis research announced
- New guidance on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis
- Consensus statement published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine
- New guidance on managing the symptoms of vertebral fractures
- Alendronic acid supply issues
- People in Wales are now benefitting from new osteoporosis treatment
- Prestigious awards recognise FLS development in Stornoway
- New study shows a substantially higher rate of fractures in people with learning disability
- ROS is recruiting new clinical members to its Research and Innovation Grants Assessment Panel
- New guidance on hip fracture services will improve recovery for thousands of patients
- Allied Health Professionals and nurses included in new fellow opportunity
- New funding awarded to tackle inequalities in osteoporosis care
- Best practice toolkit for virtual consultations
- Bitesize learning resources for primary HCPs
- Best practice pathway launched for non-ambulatory fragility fractures
- Bone Research Society Annual Meeting 2025
- Members' Area
- Please log in
- Activate Account
- Existing account activation
- Password Reset
- Forgotten Password
- Become a member
- Become a professional member
- Members' Extra blog
- Support the ROS when you buy your greetings cards from Flamingo Paperie
- Fact sheets and booklets
- Recipe: Delicious mushroom soup
- Getting back in the saddle
- Vitamin D bone-building recipe
- Embracing the challenges
- Understanding and living with spinal fractures – what did you need to know?
- An update from CEO Craig Jones
- Welcome to your online members area, Members’ Extra.
- Do you know someone who could benefit from ROS membership?
- An update from CEO Craig Jones
- Supporting someone close with spinal fractures – a volunteer’s story
- Your membership, your say
- Breaking the Silence Strategy: Our Year One Objectives
- Ed’s story: coeliac disease and osteoporosis
- Understanding Your Medication Video
- Understanding DXA scans
- Relationships and Intimacy: an audio discussion
- Carrot and parsnip loaf
- Eating well with osteoporosis
- Correction notice to Osteoporosis News summer 2022
- Date, apple, and sesame seed squares
- California Prune bone health smoothie
- Expert answers to your questions on living well with fractures
- A thank you message from Craig Jones
- Managing osteoporosis over the festive season
- A bone health boosting breakfast
- Expert responses to the most common Helpline questions
- Celebrating our role within Bath’s bone health heritage
- New series of exercise for bone health films: coming soon
- Introducing our new exercise for bone health films: weight-bearing impact
- Introducing our new exercise for bone health films: muscle-strengthening
- Carrot cake recipe with California Prunes
- Lower sugar marble muffins with California Prunes
- Recipe: Spiced apple and turmeric breakfast loaf
- Why I'm leaving ROS a gift in my Will
- Health Ministers proposed a £90m rescue package for osteoporosis services, but the Treasury blocked it
- Recipe: Sweet and sour style pork with California Prunes and Florida Grapefruit
- Better Bones campaign win - reaction from ROS volunteer Stephen
- Myth buster: Making a Will
- Recipe: Goat's cheese, tomato and courgette tart from Val Stones
- Word search solution
- Leaving a gift in your Will – a lasting legacy
- World Osteoporosis Day success - thanks to you!
- Recipe: Date, sultana and walnut cake
- ‘Looking for a break’ poem
- Recipe: Val's old-fashioned custard tart
- Dedicate a flower for Valentine's Day
- Osteoporosis Review
- Walking is good for our bones, but public transport is too.
- Maximising the Benefit of Improved Radiological Diagnosis of Osteoporotic Vertebral Fragility Fractures: Results of a UK National Re-Audit
- Royal Osteoporosis Society Conference 2023: A focus on equity
- Osteoporosis Review information
- Poster Corner
- See Previous Issues
- Osteoporosis Review
- What's new
- In the journals
- Osteoporosis Review information
- DXA in the diagnosis of osteoporosis and the role of the Radiographer
- The National Osteoporosis Guideline Group (NOGG) Guidance - one year on
- Accounting for Stature - Bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) assessment in children and adolescents
- Poster Corner
- Teriparatide Therapy - from Anabolic Monopoly to Biosimilar Empire
- Teriparatide Therapy - from Anabolic Monopoly to Biosimilar Empire
- Accounting for Stature - Bone mineral apparent density (BMAD) assessment in children and adolescents
- Osteoporosis News
- Volunteer resources
- Support groups online meeting programme
- Fashion flair and fractures - summer fashion
- Using Zoom, Eventbrite and the ROS website
- The importance of diet and nutrition in osteoporosis
- Pilates for osteoporosis
- Chat session, April
- Chat session, May
- Informal chat session (June)
- The latest treatments for osteoporosis
- Introduction to yoga
- Annual clinical osteoporosis update
- Fashion, flair and fractures - winter fashion
- Discussion about Fracture Liaison Services
- Medical update
- Osteoporosis: what's new for diagnosis, testing and treatment for 2023
- Nutrition for osteoporosis
- Diet and nutrition in osteoporosis
- Using future fracture risk assessment tools
- Osteoporosis and foot fractures
- Advice for the newly diagnosed
- What Artificial Intelligence can do for osteoporosis
- Annual ROS update
- Recent developments in the Royal Osteoporosis Society
- The menopause: implications for musculoskeletal health and cognitive function
- The Alexander Technique for Balance and Coordination
- Come and meet each other (Cardiff, July)
- Longevity and health in post reproductive years
- Come and meet each other (Cardiff, November)
- The ROS specialist nurse helpline
- Fashion, Flair and Fractures (West Surrey Group)
- Breathing and voice strengthening in relation to osteoporosis
- Nutrition, lifestyle and healthy ageing
- Talk by the ROS specialist nurse helpline
- ROS specialist nurse helpline talk
- Annual medical update, Leeds support group
- Mindfulness: what is it, what is it not?
- Financial wellbeing and investing in the current climate
- Bone health in 2023
- Fashion, flair and fractures (Winchester Group)
- Osteoporosis treatments
- Fashion, Flair and Fractures - winter style tips
- Chat session (February)
- Vitamins for Bone Health
- Chat session (April)
- Chat session (May)
- Chat session (June)
- Chat session (July)
- Introduction to Yoga (Manchester)
- Living a Good Life with Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis Clinical Update (Manchester)
- Chat session (November)
- Fracture Liaison Services: where are we now?
- ROS Specialist Nurse Helpline (Sheffield)
- Yoga taster session
- Nutrition for osteoporosis (West Surrey)
- Exercise for falls prevention and bone health
- Podiatry: the importance of foot care
- Yoga taster session (Norfolk and Suffolk)
- Medical Update (Norfolk and Suffolk)
- ROS Update by Craig Jones
- Bone density scanning
- Come and Meet Each Other (Cardiff, April)
- The ROS Specialist Nurse Helpline (Cardiff)
- ROS Ambassador Val Stones (Cardiff)
- Come and Meet Each Other (Cardiff, November)
- Bones for Life® - One Step Forward
- Introduction to Yoga (Ashton, Leigh, Wigan)
- ROS Ambassador Val Stones (Scotland)
- ROS Ambassador Val Stones (Leeds)
- Yoga taster session (Oxford)
- How AI improves patient outcomes for osteoporosis
- How artificial intelligence improves outcomes for osteoporosis
- A talk from an Osteoporosis Nurse (Bristol Support Group)
- Come and meet each other (Hambleton & Richmond)
- Annual medical update (Leeds)
- The ROS specialist nurse helpline (Leicester)
- Fashion for Winter and Spring : stylish dressing with osteoporosis
- ROS Specialist Nurse Q&A
- Chat session - winter and osteoporosis
- Oldham Fracture Liaison Service
- Beneficial foods and recipes for bone health
- Let's chat about diagnosis
- Let's chat about vitamin D
- Chat session - your agenda
- Yoga session with Helen Oughton
- A good life with osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis annual update
- Let's chat about side effects
- Fracture Liaison Service research
- Looking ahead to 2025
- Nutrition and bone health
- Osteoporosis in younger women
- ROS Specialist Nurse Helpline - NW London
- Bake Off's Val Stones (Oxford Support Group)
- From DEXA scans to fracture risk assessment
- Come and meet each other (Cardiff, March)
- Back care and pain management
- Annual osteoporosis update (Leeds)
- Bone Density (DXA) Scans
- The work of Fracture Liaison Services
- Nutrition for bone health (Bristol)
- Introduction to Yoga (Bristol)
- Falls prevention
- Summer fashion for people with osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis and dental health
- ROS specialist nurse helpline Q&A
- Yoga for osteoporosis
- Find a challenge event
- London Marathon October 2021
- Kiltwalk 2021
- Captain Tom 100 Challenge
- 5K May, May 2021
- London Marathon October 2022
- Better Bones Picnic
- Kiltwalk 2021
- Glasgow Kiltwalk April 2023
- Aberdeen Kiltwalk June 2023
- Dundee Kiltwalk August 2023
- Edinburgh Kiltwalk September 2023
- London Marathon April 2026
- Long Course Weekend July 2022
- Marathon Walk Stonehenge May 2022
- Wimbledon Christmas 5km and 10km
- Manchester Marathon April 2023
- Royal Parks Half Marathon 2023
- Bath Half Marathon
- Oxford Half Marathon October 2023
- Run Alton Towers 10km November 2023
- Cardiff Half Marathon October 2023
- Brighton Marathon April 2023
- Cheltenham Running Festival 10km June 2023
- Edinburgh Half Marathon - Edinburgh Running Festival May 2023
- Hackney Half May 2023
- Hampton Court Palace Half Marathon March 2023
- Walk 30 miles in November
- World Osteoporosis Day
- Bath Half Marathon
- Leeds Marathon
- Kiltwalks 2025
- Walk 60 miles in April
- Royal Parks Half Marathon
- South Coast Ultra Challenge
- Thames Path Ultra Challenge
- Cardiff Half Marathon 2024
- Oxford Half Marathon 2024
- Great South Run
- London Landmarks Half Marathon 2025
- Paris Marathon 2025
- Do it yourself!
- Swim Serpentine 2025
- Skydive
- My Mighty Miles
- Better Bones Coffee Morning
- Barcelona Half 2025
- Barcelona Marathon 2025
- Birmingham Running Festival 5k
- Birmingham Running Festival 5k
- Birmingham Running Festival 10k
- Birmingham Running Festival 10k
- Leicester 10k
- Battersea Park 5K
- Battersea Park 5K
- Battersea Park 5K
- Battersea Park 10K
- Battersea Park 10K
- Battersea Park 10K
- Leeds Running Festival 5K
- Leeds Running Festival 10K
- Leeds Running Festival Half Marathon
- Leeds Running Festival Half Marathon
- York 10K
- Cambridge Half
- Sheffield Half
- Reading Half
- Hackney Half
- Cardiff Half
- London to Amsterday 4 Day
- Blenheim Palace Triathlon - Sprint Saturday
- Blenheim Palace Triathlon - Sprint Sunday
- Blenheim Palace Super Sprint
- Inflatable Ipswich 2.5K
- Edinburgh Marathon
- Inflatable Ipswich 5K
- Brighton Marathon
- Royal Parks Half Marathon
- External clinical publications and resources
- Fundraising resources
- Awareness raising materials
- ROS clinical publications and resources
- Site search
- Publications
- Terms of use
- Cookies policy
- Cookies help
- Details about cookies on theros.org.uk
- Policies
- Direct debit guarantee
- 404
- Risk Checker - Share
- Risk Checker
- BoneMed Online sign up
- Pay Invoice