Tag: osteoporosis
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HCS trainee award at IOF 2024
This year’s International Osteoporosis Foundation meeting, held in London in April 2024 was the opportunity to present several pieces of research from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. Among these was a study presented by rheumatology trainee Dr Fiona Kirkham-Wilson which considered how growth early in life is associated with the risk of experiencing knee pain from…
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Address from Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall at World Osteoporosis Day
Professor Cyrus Cooper, Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre and President of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, welcomes all our team and external visitors on World Osteoporosis Day: ” This is an occasion to celebrate the world-leading research on osteoporosis undertaken over several decades, here at the centre. It is an absolute pleasure for both…
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Research findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study presented at Virtual World Congress
Research from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study has featured prominently at this year’s International Osteoporosis Foundation Conference – which, as a result of the Covid19 pandemic, was held online in August instead of in Barcelona in spring. Dr Michael Clynes presented work on the relationship between work stress and bone density, finding higher bone density in…
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Research findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study presented at World Congress
In April, a number of our researchers attended the WCO – IOF – ESCEO World Congress on Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Disease in Paris to present findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study. The conference–which is the largest of its kind–was attended by over 4000 people, making it a fantastic opportunity for us to reinforce the…
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The Hertfordshire Intergenerational Study of Bone Health
We know from previous studies in Hertfordshire that the way we grow in our mother’s womb and the first few years of life affects our risk of developing many diseases in later life, such as thinning of the bones (osteoporosis). In the Hertfordshire Inter-generational Study of Bone Health we are interested in whether early life…