Bone Health

* Testosterone plays an important role in the maintenance of male skeleton. Most studies of testosterone therapy have demonstrated some degree of improvement in BMD * Based on elegant mechanistic studies (discussed below), the current thinking is that both testosterone and estradiol are...

* Stu publicly challenged the idea that heavy lifting is required for bone density, what the evidence actually says about load and osteogenesis, and how newer research has changed the conversation around both muscle growth and bone health. In this episode, Sarah and Laurel sit down with...

Figure 1 339x190 mm ( x DPI) https://academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1210/clinem/dgaf191/8090450?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false Bone Structure: The Key Players Under the Magnifying Glass Testosterone in men is mainly secreted by the gonads, with minor...

Join host Chase Hendrickson, MD, from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, in a discussion about a recent investigation in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that tries to illuminate the relationship between serum testosterone and fractures in men. Ever since the release of the...

Identifying Predictors of Bone Density Loss in Men With Low Testosterone Ljubetic, BM1; Liso, N2; Mulhall, JP2; Flores, JM2 1 - MSKCC 2 - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Introduction Bone density loss (BDL), is associated with low testosterone (T). Objective We aimed to identify...

The EAU Guidelines Office will provide a state-of-the-art update on male hypogonadism and testosterone replacement therapy. This recording will be of great educational value for urologists as internationally-known experts will focus on the controversial and challenging areas of this rapidly...

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa2308836 Background Testosterone treatment in men with hypogonadism improves bone density and quality, but trials with a sufficiently large sample and a sufficiently long duration to determine the effect of testosterone on the incidence of fractures...

You can now watch Dr. Richard Quinton’s webinar on the role of testosterone on bone health, focusing on: *Clinical features, classification, and diagnosis of male hypogonadism *The European Male Ageing Study, and the relationship between BMI, age, and hypogonadism *Testosterone and...

Bone health in aging men (2022) Karel David · Nick Narinx · Leen Antonio · Pieter Evenepoel · Frank Claessens · Brigitte Decallonne · Dirk Vanderschueren Abstract Osteoporosis does not only affect postmenopausal women but also aging men. The burden of disease is projected to increase with...

Mark A. Moyad, MD, MPH, discusses the data from the VITAL study on using supplemental vitamin D to prevent bone fractures.

Role of sex steroids hormones in the regulation of bone metabolism in men: Evidence from clinical studies (2022) Pawel Szulc, MD, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Sex steroids regulate bone metabolism in young men during growth and consolidation. Their deficit during growth compromises...