SABRE: A New Era for Osteoporosis Trials

The lads sit down with Prof Raj Thakker to unpack the body’s calcium thermostat and why it matters for bone strength. Raj explains how faults in calcium-sensing pathways can cause hormone and mineral imbalance, increasing bone loss and fracture risk. We also discuss how genetic d ...  Show more

The lads spoke to Emma Duncan about genetic testing in bone medicine. Have you ever wondered how your genes determine your bone mass or response to bone medicines? Tune in to find out and how genetic research is going to improve your care.Emma Duncan is Professor of Clinical Endo ...  Show more

Wrist fractures are common. They can occur in older women with osteoporosis and low-impact injury. Or young men with high-impact injuries. And they can cause complications from malunion to joint stiffness to complex regional pain syndrome. So it is important that we get the diagn ...  Show more

In this episode we explore all things to do with managing patients with Osteoporosis. We cover:

Who’s really at risk for fractures, and how should we be treating them? Most fragility fractures occur in patients without osteoporosis. Should we rethink who gets treated? And could just one or two IV infusions (spread years apart) of zoledronate prevent fractures for years? Hav ...  Show more

This is the 3rd episode in a 5-part eye series. This episode is brought to you by University of Alberta students Kim Papp, a 4th year medical student and Divya Goel a 2nd year medical student. Today we will discuss orbital fractures which are fractures of the bony eye socket. Aft ...  Show more