'Bone Up'

Oct 24 2024 27 ep. 47 mins 19
'Bone Up' Podcast artwork

The first UK podcast about all matters of bone health. Prof David Armstrong (MD) and Dr Richard Abel (PhD) will discuss bone health, bone disease and how we and our bones can live longer happier, and healthier lives. Patients, clinicians and scientists alike will all love the cast! Credits: Jingle by Jonny Fitch BMus Cover art by James Armstrong

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Personalised osteoporosis care

Oct 24 2024 46 mins  
The lads talked to Dr Elena Tsourdi about personalised care for osteoporosis patients. Elena is working as the Senior Consultant at the Department for Metabolic Bone Diseases, with a focus on secondary osteoporosis and rare bone diseases. We had a fascinating chat about how doctors and patients can build trust and prescribe medicines to get the best outcomes for individual patients

Where do bone medicines come from?

Sep 18 2024 42 mins  
The lads talked to Professor Roland Baron from Harvard University. Roland has played a key role in characterising bone signalling pathways that govern bone formation and contributed to developing new treatments that increase cell signalling to improve bone mass.Roland is a co-founder and chair of the International Federation of Musculoskeletal Research Societies supporting our comm

Abaloparatide approved

Sep 02 2024 11 mins  
The lads talked to each other about the exciting news that the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) announced it had approved a new drug, Abaloparatide, for use by the health service. It will be available for use on the NHS in England within three months.

Boosting bone health and preventing falls

Aug 07 2024 37 mins  
The lads talk to Dr Friederike Schulte about exciting research which shows that mechanical loading potentiates the effect of anabolic treatments for osteoporosis, leading to bigger gains in bone mass and strength. Friederike also spoke to us about her role in public outreach as a Co-Founder at the Swiss Fall Prevention Center. The startup works in the community to share knowledge a

BoneUP Live @ECTS 2024 - Part 2

Jul 05 2024 45 mins  
The lads jetted off to sunny Marseille in the South of France to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to Federico Moscogiuri, Ralph Muller and Aline Bozec from the IFMRS about supporting global musculoskeletal research. We also chatted with Annegreet Vlug and Petar Milovanovic from the ECTS academy about their research and supporting young scientists.The IFMRS Onl

BoneUP Live @ECTS 2024 - Part 1

Jun 12 2024 47 mins  
The lads jetted off to sunny Marseille in the South of France to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to Thomas Funck-Brentano about highlights from last year and spoke to some of the young prize winners. We also chatted with Jeroen Geurts and Alex Ireland from the ECTS academy about their research and supporting young scientists.(https://ects-academy.org/)

Super orthogeriatrician - this time it's personal!

Mar 01 2024 51 mins  
The lads talked to Dr. Madhavi Vindlacheruvu about frailty and osteoporosis. We discussed what frailty is and how it can be diagnosed, as well as the patient-centred care developed and practiced by the teams at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge. Pre- and post-fracture care is more complex than you would think in geriatric patients. Dr Madhavi is a consultant orthogeriatrican at Ad

Bone health in teenagers and young adults

Dec 04 2023 51 mins  
The lads talk to Dr Jennie Walsh about bone health in teenager years and young adults. We discussed how doctors asses and treat low bone density in young people. We also talked about the effect of eating disorders on bone health. Dr Walsh is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the Metabolic Bone Centre at the University of Sheffield.

Basic bone science

Aug 18 2023 60 mins  
The lads talk to each other and David chats to Richie about his research into bone quality at Imperial College London. Hear about how air pollution can cause osteoporosis, why ballet dancers get stress fractures and everything you wanted to know about nanoscale bone health in this month’s episode of BoneUp the podcast.

Nothing about us without us

Jul 28 2023 56 mins  
The lads talked to Dr Jarod Wong about Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and new research for developing international management guidelines. Dr Wong is using a mixed methods approach to include patients and their families in the design of new management strategies.