Osteoporosis and Diabetes

Volume 5, Issue 12
July 2014

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Osteoporosis and Diabetes

Interview with:

E. Michael Lewiecki, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, and Director, New Mexico Clinical Research and Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a common disorder that is associated with loss of bone strength and increased risk for fractures. There is increasing evidence that diabetes and some medications used to treat diabetes increase risk for fractures.

People with type 2 diabetes,...