Episodes 39
Avg. Duration 48m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jun 2021
Latest Episode May 2026

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Monthly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
64%
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www.spreaker.com

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

S4E4 BoneUP Live @ ECTS 2026 - Part 1

May 13, 2026 33m Transcript

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

Apr 22, 2026 56m

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

Feb 05, 2026 1h 1m

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

Dec 04, 2025 49m

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 Good Jeans

Sep 02, 2025 1h 2m

The lads spoke to Emma Duncan about genetic testing in bone medicine. Emma described the services available to patients and how they are being applied to improve treatment outcomes. Emma Duncan is…

S3E9 BoneUP Live 2025 @ECTS - Part 4

Aug 23, 2025 39m

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

Aug 18, 2025 30m

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

Aug 10, 2025 37m

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…

BoneUP Live 2025 @ECTS - Part 2

Aug 06, 2025 37m

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

Aug 06, 2025 44m

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

Dec 25, 2024 54m

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

Oct 25, 2024 46m

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?

Sep 18, 2024 42m

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…

S3E3 Where do bone medicines come from?

Sep 13, 2024 42m

The lads talked to Professor Roland Baron from Harvard University. Roland characterised one of the bone signalling pathways that govern bone formation and then developed a new treatment that…

S3E2 Abaloparatide approved

Sep 02, 2024 11m

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

Aug 07, 2024 37m

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

Jul 05, 2024 45m

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

Jun 12, 2024 47m

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!

Mar 01, 2024 51m

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

Dec 04, 2023 51m

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…

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