Bone and Mineral Disorders News

• 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
• Vitamin D Supplements Linked to Lower Risk of Asthma Attacks Asthma attacks serious enough to require steroid treatment or hospitalization may be less likely when people take vitamin D supplements, a recent analysis suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2017
• Depression, SSRIs May Affect Bone Mass in Teens and Young Adults Major depressive disorder (MDD) and use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are associated with changes in bone metabolism in older adolescents and young adults, but the relationship is “complex,” with different effects in men and women, according to new research.
  Reuters Health Information, October 2017
• High-Dose Vitamin D for Bone Health in HIV-Infected Young Adults Markers of bone health in HIV-infected patients age 18 to 25 with vitamin D deficiency improve after 12 months of high-dose supplementation, a new clinical trial shows.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2017
• More Evidence Links Vitamin D Deficiency to MS A new study shows vitamin D deficiency is associated with a twofold increase in multiple sclerosis risk.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2017
• Factors Affecting 4D-CT Accuracy for Hyperparathyroidism Elucidated
  Reuters Health Information, August 2017
• Vitamin D Deficiency May Cause Some Infant Tremors At least some newborns with seemingly benign shudders or shivers could have vitamin D deficiency, suggests a new report on two cases, published in Pediatrics, online July 26.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2017
• Widespread Underdiagnosis of Hyperparathyroidism in Hypercalcemia Only a minority of patients with hypercalcemia are tested for hyperparathyroidism, and only a minority of those found to have hyperthyroidism receive surgical referrals, according to a new database study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 2017
• Vitamin D3, Not D2, Is Key to Tackling Vitamin D Deficiency Animal-derived vitamin D3 is far more effective than plant-based vitamin D2 in raising serums levels of the nutrient, UK researchers have shown in findings that promise to up-end current guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2017
• Use of Vitamin D Supplements Skyrocketed in Recent Years Women, whites, and the elderly are among the heaviest users of potentially risky high doses, a new analysis shows.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2017