Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

A 2018 study in Nutrients that analyzed the dietary recall of nearly 6,000 children aged 2 to 5 years reported that mean daily vitamin intake of vitamin D was about 248 IU, which was below the AAP recommendation that all infants, children and teenagers consume a minimum daily intake of 400 IU.

Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top five news reports with expert perspectives posted in May. Healio.com/Endocrinology readers were interested in a drop in diabetes incidence, an increase in pediatric DKA cases, benefits of bariatric surgery for teens, and more.

In a large cohort of postmenopausal women, low levels of bone turnover markers predicted increased cancer risk independent of bone mineral density and other known cancer risk factors, according to findings published in Bone.

Costs for the 49 top-selling brand-name prescription drugs in the United States increased by a median 76% between 2012 and 2017, with all but one drug displaying regular annual or biannual price increases, according to an analysis of pharmacy claims data published in JAMA Network Open.

Endocrine Today has compiled a list of the top 10 news reports posted from meeting news coverage during the first few months of 2019.

Transgender adults who initiated gender-affirming hormone therapy experienced decreased bone resorption and increased bone mineral density at 1 year, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Older adults who undergo Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery are 73% more likely to experience a nonvertebral fracture compared with those who undergo adjustable gastric banding, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery.

The aromatase inhibitor anastrozole effectively slowed bone age advancement in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia during 5 years of treatment without changes in bone mineral density or body composition, suggesting the therapy could serve as a useful add-on therapy to glucocorticoid replacement, according to findings published in Clinical Endocrinology.

Long disease duration and an HbA1c of at least 7.9% are independent risk factors for sustaining multiple fractures among adults with type 1 diabetes, according to findings from a cross-sectional analysis published in Bone.

The Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, or FRAX, overestimated the probability of a major osteoporotic or hip fracture over 10 years among women with breast cancer when calculations included use of aromatase inhibitor therapy, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.