The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) proudly celebrates a major milestone for its global Capture the Fracture® (CTF) programme: the 1,310 Fracture Liaison Services (FLS) within the CTF network now collectively identify more than one million patients every year. Following a fragility fracture, the risk of subsequent fractures approximately doubles, with the likelihood of another fracture highest within the first one to two years after the initial event. Coordinated post-fracture care services such as Fracture Liaison Services and orthogeriatric services play a critical role in improving patient outcomes and reducing the risk of future fractures. These services help ensure that patients who experience an osteoporosis-related fracture are not simply discharged without follow-up, but instead receive timely osteoporosis assessment, appropriate treatment, and ongoing care to help prevent additional fractures. In the past five years, Capture the Fracture® has expanded three-fold and is recognized as the leading global initiative supporting the implementation of coordinated, multidisciplinary models of care for secondary fracture prevention.

A new study published in The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal has found that people newly diagnosed with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease — a condition in which arteries narrow and harden due to chronic low-grade inflammation — ate significantly more fat and followed more inflammation-promoting dietary patterns than their healthy counterparts. Researchers from Hamadan University of Medical Sciences in Iran compared the diets and activity levels of 103 newly diagnosed atherosclerosis patients against 103 healthy individuals matched for age and sex. They found that patients consumed higher amounts of total fat, saturated fat, and unsaturated fats alike, while the healthy group ate more carbohydrates and dietary fiber. Notably, every single unit rise in the Dietary Inflammatory Index — a scientifically validated score that measures how much a person's diet promotes inflammation in the body — was associated with a 16.8% higher likelihood of developing the disease. The study was funded by Hamadan University of Medical Sciences (Grant Number 40376).