Bone/Mineral Metabolism News

NEW ORLEANS — A small cohort of postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes who walked downhill within 1 hour after eating experienced a marked increase in a biomarker for bone formation, according to study data presented at the Endocrine Society annual meeting.

NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the bone program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses his 2 decades of research on the role of pituitary hormones in the regulation of the skeleton, particularly in postmenopausal women.

NEW ORLEANS — A new guideline from the Endocrine Society outlines current evidence for treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women and provides recommendations on the newest, most effective medication options, monitoring and more.

In a study of patients with diabetes who underwent hip fracture fixation surgery, investigators found patients on dialysis had the greatest risk for readmission and mortality compared to patients with CKD and those without CKD.

NEW ORLEANS — Medical advancements have come a long way in the past century, but it is in the next 80 years that we may see tremendous breakthroughs in eliminating human disease — at least that is the goal for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Among older adults without diabetes, a relationship between increasing insulin resistance and lower risk for fracture is mediated by BMI and bone mineral density, suggesting that the association is explained by higher BMI and BMD levels often seen in insulin resistance, according to an analysis of data from the Health ABC study.

A fundamental aging mechanism that drives tissue dysfunction throughout the body may serve as a novel target in the treatment of osteoporosis, suggesting an exciting new pathway for researchers in a field where a “perfect” therapy has remained elusive.

Men aged at least 70 years receive less treatment for osteoporosis than women of the same age, according to findings published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research. In addition, black adults are undertreated for osteoporosis compared with other populations.

Increased bone stress at the femoral neck in children, measured via hip DXA scan, may predict a greater susceptibility to traumatic fractures, according to findings published in Bone.

Among older adults who undergo an abdominal CT scan, an osteoporosis screening that uses biomechanical CT data may serve as a cost-effective alternative to usual care, particularly as DXA screening rates remain low, according to findings from a modeling analysis published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.