Several colleagues with birthdays this week and next–Happy Birthday!

At our ICN population management meeting (as well as at a recent nutrition colloquium), Dr. Karen Loechner provided a timely update on bone health for our group.  Some of her slides are pictured below and a link to full slides follows.

Some of the points that I found interesting:

• New hologic scans are much quicker (as little as 15 secs for some images) than typical DXA scans
• While sodas have been associated with weaker bones, the main mechanism is likely displacement of milk from diet rather than direct effects
• Adjust DXA results for height age
• Think about vertebral compression fractures in children with mobility problems and painful symptoms

Full Link: Sticks and Stones Pediatric Osteoporosis