Bone and Mineral Disorders News

• Low Vitamin D Levels in Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy Vitamin D levels are lower in patients with painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) than in those with painless DPN, or other comparators without DPN, shows a small study that controlling for sunlight and physical activity.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• The Man Who Sold America On Vitamin D -- And Profited Testing for vitamin D deficiency is widespread, and sales of vitamin D are in the billions of dollars, yet there is little evidence that people with high levels of vitamin D are any healthier than others.
  Kaiser Health News, August 2018
• Vitamin D No Benefit in Pregnancy for Fetal or Infant Growth Supplementation in a population of pregnant women with high rates of vitamin D deficiency showed no effect on fetal or infant growth measures compared with placebo.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Vitamin D Does Not Prevent Cancer: Study Taking high doses of vitamin D without calcium for up to 4 years did not reduce cancer risk, and vitamin D should not be used for this purpose, say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• 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