Osteoporosis

Retrospective claims analysis indicated that high levels of daily and cumulative doses of systemic glucocorticoids were associated with elevated fracture risk in a large cohort of new RA patients under age 65. Heightened risk began to decline within months of discontinuation. Findings were similar a…
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No surprises here.


Atop already surprising studies that linked their daily use with increased risk of kidney failure, new data…
hcplive.com|By Ryan Black

Proton pump inhibitors are not glorified antacids. They can have significant side-effects, and should therefore not be prescribed indiscriminately nor consumed indefinitely


Risk assessment advised in post-surgical patients
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Taken at face value, this large scale retrospective nested case-control study reviewing 14 years of weight-reduction surgery records suggests that biliopancreatic diversion surgery is significantly associated with increased fragility fractures.
If the association is indeed true, it has practice-changing implications, especially in the post-surgical medical care and nutrition. And it has at least 1 plausible causal explanation: malabsorption.
But as with most retrospective epidemiological data, the study is deeply flawed by data gaps which rendered important confounders uncontrolled for: Vitamin D and calcium intake, anti-osteoporosis treatments (if any), menopause status, and even BMI.
But all is not lost. This study should prompt better designed prospective studies to answer this important research question.