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October18,2016

McGuire VADoctor recentlypublished inNewYorkTimesarticleoffers Info ahead ofWorldOsteoporosisDay.

Who/What:ThisThursday,Oct.20,isWorldOsteoporosisDayandDr.RobertA.Adler,ChiefofEndocrinologyandMetabolismattheMcGuireVAMedicalCenterhasthreeimportantfactsaboutosteoporosisinmen.

  • Osteoporosisisimportantinmen becauseabout1outof7menoverage50 willsufferanosteoporoticfractureatsomepoint.Oneoutof3 oldermen whohasa hip fracturewillbedeadwithin a year.
  • Patientswhohavealreadysuffered anosteoporoticfracture,patientson prednisone,andpatientson hormonetherapyforprostateorbreastcancerareathigh riskforosteoporoticfracture.
  • Wehaveareadily availablerisk-freediagnostictest(bonemineraldensity)and treatmentsthataregenerallysafeand effective,lowering fractureriskdramatically.

BackgroundBio:Osteoporosisisoftenthoughtofasaconditionbywhichwomenareprimarilyaffected.ThroughhisworkwithVeteransinRichmond,Dr.Adlerissheddingsomelightonhowthediseaseturnsup in men.

Dr.Adler’sworkinthisfield wasrecentlyfeaturedina NewYorkTimesarticle,availablehere:

Dr.RobertA.AdlerisChiefof Endocrinology and Metabolism attheMcGuireVeteransAffairsMedicalCenterandProfessorof InternalMedicineandof EpidemiologyatVirginiaCommonwealth UniversitySchoolofMedicinein Richmond.Hereceived hisMDand internalmedicine training atJohnsHopkinsand did hisendocrinologyfellowship atMassachusettsGeneralHospitaland WalterReed Army MedicalCenter.

Recentstudiesfocusonscreening men forosteoporosis,osteoporosisinmen onandrogen deprivationtherapyforprostatecancer,osteoporosisin spinalcord injuryand othermobility disorders, and pituitarydeficiency in military personnelwho havesuffered blasttraumaticbrain injury.Heis a reviewerfor many journalsand is amemberoftheeditorialboardof Endocrine,and theJournalofClinicalEndocrinologyandMetabolism.HeisalsoAssociateEditorof OsteoporosisInternationaland istheCo-Chair oftheNationalBoneHealth Alliance.HewasamemberoftheEndocrineSociety MaleOsteoporosisGuidelineCommittee,theAmericanSocietyforBoneand MineralResearch(ASBMR)TaskForceon AtypicalFemoralFractures,andtheAmerican DentalAssociation Committeeon Osteonecrosisof theJaw.HewasCo-Chair oftherecentlypublishedASBMRTaskForceReporton Long-TermBisphosphonateTreatmentforOsteoporosis.

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