Please confirm that you would like to log out of Medscape.
If you log out, you will be required to enter your username and password the next time you visit.
Log outCancel
American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR 2021) Annual Meeting
October 01 - 04, 2021; San Diego, CA and Virtual
October 01 - 04, 2021San Diego, CA and Virtual
Global Guidelines for Managing Hypo- and Hyperparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism guidelines developed by more than 100 global experts were presented at the ASBMR meeting and will be published next year, replacing 2014 and 2016 guidelines.
Longer Bisphosphonate Use Ups AFF RiskIn a Danish study, serious but rare atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) increased with longer bisphosphonate use and dropped
quickly when use stopped, but 34% of patients with AFFs were not using the drugs.
Medscape Medical News, Sep 21, 2020
Low Vitamin D in COVID-19 Predicts ICU Admission, Poor SurvivalA study from Italy reports that patients who had severe COVID-19 had lower levels of vitamin D than patients with mild infections,
and low vitamin D was an independent predictor of worse prognosis.
