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Endocrinology & Metabolic Bone Disease

Lead Researcher:

Associate Professor Terry Diamond

Most significant advances or findings in past 10yrs

Osteoporosis affects 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men aged older than 60 years.

Most important aspects of current work

Newer therapies have been developed that can stimulate bone forming osteoblasts to increase bone density by up to 20% in 18 months and reduce fracture rates by up to 70%. At SGH we have pioneered the technique to treat acute vertebral fractures with cement injection, relieving pain almost immediately.

Recent publications

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Diamond TH, Thornley W, Sekel R, Smerdely P. Hip fracture in elderly men: prognostic factors and outcomes. Medical Journal of Australia 1997, 167(8); 412-15.

Diamond TH, Smerdely P, Kormas N, Sekel R, Vu T, Day P. Hip fracture in elderly men: the importance of subclinical vitamin D deficiency and hypogonadism. Medical Journal of Australia 1998, 169(3); 138-41.
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