Journal of Diabetes & Metabolism

ISSN - 2155-6156

Newer pathways: Interactions between bone and energy metabolism

3rd World Congress on Diabetes & Metabolism

September 24-26, 2012 Marriott Convention Center, Hyderabad, India

GR Sridhar

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Diabetes Metab

Abstract :

As people are beginning to live longer, chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and osteoporosis (reduction of bone mass) are becoming common. People with diabetes tend to be heavier and have increased bone mineral density (BMD); it was logically assumed that subjects with increased BMD were not prone to fractures, especially type 2 diabetes; however clinical studies were soon to show that despite an apparently high BMD, fractures were more common in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Biography :

GR Sridhar did his MD (Medicine) from Andhra University and DM (Endocrinology) from All India Institute of Medical Sciences. He is Director of Endocrine and Diabetes Centre, Visakhapatnam. A Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow) and of American College of Endocrinology, he was the President of Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India (2010) and is currently the Vice President of Endocrine Society of India. He was the founding editor of Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. A contributor to major medical textbooks in India, he has more than 250 peer-reviewed publications.

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