'Bone Up'
Dr Richie Abel (PhD) and Prof David Armstrong (MD)
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S4E4 BoneUP Live @ ECTS 2026 - Part 1
The lads jetted off to sunny Girona for the European Calcified Tissue Society Congress, where they caught up with some brilliant boneheads about the latest in bone research. In Part 1, we chat to…
S4E3 Screening Osteoporosis
The lads sit down with Prof Neil Gittoes to discuss SCOOP (Screening in the Community to Reduce Osteoporotic Fractures). The study was a large UK trial (12,483 women, aged 70–85) finding that…
S4E2 Calcium’s Thermostat
The lads sit down with Prof Raj Thakker to unpack the body’s calcium thermostat and why it matters for bone strength. Raj explains how faults in calcium-sensing pathways can cause hormone and mineral…
S4E1 SABRE: A New Era for Osteoporosis Trials
The lads sit down with Mary Bouxsein to explore SABRE — the landmark project aiming to make BMD a validated regulatory endpoint in osteoporosis trials. Mary walks us through how her team brought…
S3E10 Cracking the code to prevent breaking our bones
The lads spoke to Emma Duncan about genetic testing in bone medicine. Have you ever wondered how your genes determine your bone mass or response to bone medicines? Tune in to find out and how genetic…
S3E9 BoneUP Live 2025 @ECTS - Part 4
The lads jetted off to sunny Innsbruck in Austria to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to Xenia Goldberg about bone reversal cells and friend of the podcast Kassim Javaid about…
S3E8 BoneUP Live 2025 @ECTS - Part 3
The lads jetted off to sunny Innsbruck in Austria to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to three wonderful guests including Morten Svarer Hansen discussing weight loss medicines,…
S3E7 BoneUP Live 2025 @ECTS - Part 2
The lads jetted off to sunny Innsbruck in Austria to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to John Carey about the best way to use DEXA in clinics and Mone Ziadi about a new…
S3E6 BoneUP Live @ ECTS 2025 - Part 1
The lads jetted off to sunny Innsbruck in Austria to get you updates on the latest bone research. We talked to Giovanni Adami about combining and sequencing bone medicines and the possibilities for…
S3E5 Vertebral fractures, never events & Martha's rule
The lads talked to Prof Ken Poole about vertebral fractures. Ken explains that vertebral fractures should be never events because of effective treatments that patients can take. We also discuss…
S3E4 Personalised osteoporosis care
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…
S3E3 Where do bone medicines come from?
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…
S3E2 Abaloparatide approved
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…
S3E1 Boosting bone health and preventing falls
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…
S2E11 BoneUP Live @ECTS 2024 - Part 2
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…
S2E10 BoneUP Live @ECTS 2024 - Part 1
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…
S2E9 Super orthogeriatrician - this time it's personal!
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…
S2E8 Bone health in teenagers and young adults
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…
S2E7 Basic bone science
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…
S2E6 Nothing about us without us
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…
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'Bone Up' has published 37 episodes since June 2021, covering topics in Education, Health & Fitness.
'Bone Up' is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 49m.
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