Research & Position Papers

Research & Position Papers

This section contains Osteoporosis-related research papers and a selection of recent position papers produced by the our Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee.

For older research papers, please visit our research archive.

Research papers and position statements:

Statement on Oral Bisphosphonates and Oesophageal Cancer

 

 

 

 

Calcium Supplementation May 2011

 

 

Summary of evidence for calcium supplementation

 

Joint Osteoporosis Australia and Australian Dental Association 'Bisphosphonates and ONJ' statement (for Dentists)

 

 

 

 

The Endocrine Society Statement on Long-Term Use of Bisphosphonates

 

 

 

 

Vital D Study (conducted through the Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne)

 

 

 

Latest studies on vertebroplasty from the New England Journal of Medicine


A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Osteoporotic Spinal Fractures


A Randomized Trial of Vertebroplasty for Painful Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures

 

 

Low Vitamin D in Victoria - resource documents 2010

 

Low Vitamin D in Victoria Key points for health professionals

 

 

Low Vitamin D in Victoria Key points for community health workers

 

 

High dose information sheet for prescribers and pharmacies

 

 

 

 

Calcium and Bone Health 

                                                                                                                                                                    

Position Paper
Working group of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS) and Osteoporosis Australia
UPDATED August 2009

 

 

Risks and benefits of sun exposure      

                                                                                                                                       

Position Statement
Approved by ANZBMS, OA, Australasian College of Dermatologists and the Cancer Council of Australia
UPDATED April 2007

 

 Bisphosphonates and ostenonecrosis of the jaw

Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis
of the jaw


Position Statement
Philip Sambrook, Ian Olver, Alastair Goss
Australian Family Physician Vol. 35, No. 10, October 2006

Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the Jaw


CONSUMER FACT SHEET

 

 

Beat the Break - Know and reduce your Osteoporosis Risk Factors         

                                                                                          

Cyrus Cooper for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2007

 

 

 

Make it or break it                 

                                                                                                                                                             

How exercise helps to build and maintain strong bones, prevent falls and fractures, and speed rehabilitation
Helmut W. Minne for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2006

 

 

 

 

Recommendations from the Vitamin D and Calcium forum          

                                                                                                                  

July 2005

 

 

 

 

Vitamin D and adult bone health in Australia and New Zealand
Position statement
Working Group of the ANZBMS, Endocrine Society of Australia and Osteoporosis Australia
Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 182 Number 6, 21 March 2005

 

 

Osteoporosis in men - the 'silent epidemic' strikes men too
Professor Ego Seeman for International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF), 2004

 

 

 

 

Guidelines for the management of postmenopausal osteoporosis for GPs
Sheila O'Neill, Alastair MacLennan, Shona Bass et al.
Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 11, November 2004

 

 

Vitamin D in Australia: Issues and recommendations
Caryl A Nowson, Terrence H Diamond, Julie A Pasco et al
Australian Family Physician Vol. 33, No. 3, March 2004

 

 

Measurements techniques in Osteoporosis: Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, Quantitative Ultrasound
Position statement
Assoc. Prof. Nicholas Pocock
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

 

 

The Burden of Brittle Bones - Epidemiology, Costs & Burden of Osteoporosis in Australia
White Paper
Prepared for Osteoporosis Australia by the University of Melbourne, 2007