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Dr. Rajesh Jain Presents Results from Study Examining Diabetes-Related Fracture Risk

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Rajesh K. Jain, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, was the lead researcher on a study presented at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. The study found that Caucasian and Hispanic individuals with diabetes have a greater risk of fracture compared to those without diabetes, and also indicated that African-Americans with diabetes have little to no additional fracture risk. Endocrinology Advisor, News-Medical.Net, Bioengineer.org, Scienmag and other outlets provided coverage.