Mayo Clinic: Add Bone Deterioration to Diabetes Complications

3,794 views · Published 12 November 2013 · 3:30 · Indexed 17 October 2026

Channel: Mayo Clinic · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Sundeep Khosla, M.D., Mayo Clinic endocrinologist, describes a study showing that  the skeleton needs to be recognized as another important target of diabetes complications. The list of complications from Type 2 diabetes is long: vascular and heart disease, eye problems, nerve damage, kidney disease, hearing problems and Alzheimer's disease. This study is the first demonstration — using direct measurement of bone strength in the body — of compromised bone material in patients with Type 2 diabetes.

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