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Tackling the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures: The APCO-IOF Asia Pacific Regional Audit

International Osteoporosis Foundation
Reports and Proceedings

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis (APCO) have today launched The APCO-IOF Asia Pacific Regional Audit: Epidemiology, Costs and Burden of Osteoporosis In 2025. This key report presents the most comprehensive assessment to date of the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures across 22 countries and regions, revealing both the magnitude of the challenge and the opportunities for timely, collaborative action.

Meeting: 9th Asia-Pacific Bone Health Conference

Helping ICU patients regain independence: How early rehabilitation can speed recovery

Journal of Intensive Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A multicenter study across Japan found that ICU patients receiving more intensive rehabilitation regained independence faster after critical illness. Among 121 patients on mechanical ventilation, higher rehabilitation dose and mobility levels were linked to a lower risk of delayed recovery. The findings highlight that purposeful, early mobilization can improve outcomes and shorten recovery for ICU survivors.

Journal: Journal of Intensive Medicine

CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium officially launches

University of California - San Diego
Business Announcement

The University of California San Diego is joining a new alliance uniting higher education institutions from California and Baja California, the CaliBaja Higher Education Consortium (CHEC).

Epilepsy can lead to earlier deaths in people with intellectual disabilities, study shows

University of Plymouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by a team of UK researchers analysed nearly 10,000 deaths between 2016 and 2021, making it the largest global study examining epilepsy-related mortality in adults with intellectual disabilities and epilepsy. It found epilepsy was the primary cause of death in just over 16% of those people, and that they died at a significantly younger average age – 56 compared to 62 – than those who had issues other than epilepsy listed as the primary cause of death in their health records. The study particularly highlights significant disparities in epilepsy-related mortality based on ethnicity, with African and Asian individuals dying younger – at an average age of just 36 – than their White British counterparts.

Reciprocity matters--people were more supportive of climate policies in their country if they believed other countries were making significant efforts themselves

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reciprocity matters--people were more supportive of climate policies in their country if they believed other countries were making significant efforts themselves, per survey of 4,000 Chinese, Indian, Japanese and US citizens.

Journal: PLOS Climate

Tufts University hosts the fourth annual ‘Future of Food Innovation Day’ January 8, 2026

Tufts University
Meeting Announcement

Tufts University, a leader in research and innovation at the intersection of science, engineering and food policy, will host its fourth annual Future of Food Innovation Day on January 8, 2026 at the Joyce Cummings Center in Medford, Mass.

New book examines how educational reforms have attempted to fix past problems instead of inventing the future

University of Kansas
Book Announcement

In his new book "Fix the Past or Invent the Future: Moving Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Education" education scholar Yong Zhao outlines how decades of reform efforts and millions in investments have not notably improved American education. The problem is trying to fix things in one way for everyone, and the time has come to focus on crafting an individualized approach to education that empowers students and teachers to solve problems they care about, as each has the power and the technology to do so, Zhao writes.

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