Bone and Mineral Disorders News

• Osteoporosis Sufferers May Benefit From Mediterranean Diet Following the Mediterranean diet could boost bone mineral density in patients with osteoporosis, although it has no discernible impact on bone parameters in healthy individuals, say European researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• No Link Between Vitamin D and Preeclampsia, Gestational Hypertension A woman's vitamin D status is unlikely to affect her risk for gestational hypertension or preeclampsia, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• EHA 2018Vitamin D Deficiency and Reduced Hodgkin Lymphoma Survival A large study has found that patients with Hodgkin lymphoma who showed baseline deficiencies in vitamin D had significantly shorter progression-free and overall survival.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Higher Vitamin D Levels Tied to Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk Higher vitamin D levels in the blood may protect against colorectal cancer, especially in women, but optimal concentrations may be higher than levels currently recommended for bone health.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Adequate Vitamin D Levels Prior to Conception Improve Birth Odds Women with a history of miscarriage are more likely to become pregnant and give birth to a healthy infant when preconception levels of vitamin D are sufficient.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• High Vitamin D Not Harmful, Whites Most Susceptible to Low Levels New findings confirm no increased risk associated with high vitamin D levels, but at the other end of the spectrum, whites with very low levels are at higher risk of dying.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Fracture Risk During Bisphosphonate Drug Holiday Is a Concern Risks for fracture after suspension of bisphosphonates for osteoporosis need to be weighed against benefits, the authors say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• APA 2018Vitamin D Supplementation May Help Ease Depression An updated meta-analysis shows that vitamin D supplementation improves depressive symptoms, with a medium overall effect size.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• High-Dose Vitamin D Helps Malnourished Kids Make Health Gains Additional high-dose vitamin D3 significantly boosts weight and developmental gains compared with ready-to-use therapeutic food alone in severely malnourished children.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2018
• Evidence Mounting for Vitamin D Link to Diabetes Risk Another study indicates that higher plasma vitamin D levels are associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes, with an 80% lower risk at the highest levels compared with < 30 ng/mL.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Alert FDA Clears First Drug for Rare Inherited Form of Rickets Burosumab (Crysvita) targets the underlying cause of X-linked hypophosphatemia and is indicated for adults and children age 1 year and older.
  FDA Approvals, April 2018
• USPSTF: Exercise, Not Supplements, for Preventing Falls The US Preventive Services Task Force's new recommendations advised exercise, but not calcium and vitamin D supplementation, for preventing falls and fractures.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2018
• Low Vitamin D Linked to Metabolic Syndrome in Postmenopausal Women Postmenopausal women with cardiovascular disease and low vitamin D levels had an increased risk for metabolic syndrome, high triglycerides, and low HDL.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Sunlight and MS: New Pieces of the Puzzle New research suggests the link between sun exposure and reduced MS risk is present throughout life and shows spending time outside in the summer may be more important than direct sun exposure.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• KDIGO Releases CKD-MBD Guidelines, Targets PCPs, Nephrologists KDIGO released new guidelines on chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder for nephrologists and primary care physicians, many of whom care for patients with chronic kidney disease themselves.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2018
• TNF-alpha Inhibitors Do Not Limit Osteoporosis in Crohn's Disease Patients with Crohn's disease (CD) develop similar rates of osteoporosis, osteopenia, and normal bone density whether or not they are treated with TNF-alpha inhibitors, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2018
• Low Folate, Vitamin D Implicated in First-Episode Psychosis Previous research has found an association between nutrient deficiencies and psychosis in patients with long-term psychotic illness. This is the first study to show this in first-episode psychosis.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• EU Gives Okay to Two Drugs for Rare Pediatric Endocrine Disorders Pediatric primary adrenal insufficiency and X-linked hypophosphatemia are rare and debilitating conditions for which current treatments are limited.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2017
• Adequate Vitamin D Tied to Higher Live Birth Rate After ART Among women undergoing assisted reproduction treatment, those with adequate vitamin D levels were a third more likely to deliver a live baby than those with deficient or insufficient levels, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2017
• ANACHIV Patients Live Longer, Require Intricate Geriatric Care Treatment successes have led to fewer people dying of AIDS, but typical geriatric problems, such as polypharmacy, failing bone health, and frailty, are compounded in older patients with HIV.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2017