“Bone health in diabetes is associated with increased fragility”. Dr Sanjay Bhadada, HOD, Endocrinology,PGIMER
Every year 14 th Nov is celebrated as world diabetes day, the purpose of celebrations is to increase awareness about diabetes. Theme of world diabetes day this year is to know about your diabetes and how to prevent it. Department of Endocrinology , Orthopedics PGIMER, Chandigarh n IIT Ropar Jointly conducted a study to know why bone health is deteriorated in diabetes. For this collected bone tissue from neck of femur from hip fragility fracture patients with and without diabetes. Study evaluated macro to nano structure level bone health by using Micro CT, Nanoindentation, bone composition n elasticity and modulus. We showed bone health in diabetes is associated with increased fragility. Please refer to this manuscript attached herewith for more details.
