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Douglas C. Bauer is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with a significant body of work in subfields such as Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Oncology, and Pathology and Forensic Medicine.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Thyroid Disorders and Treatments
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Bone and Joint Diseases
  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Douglas C. Bauer has published numerous articles in notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • JAMA Internal Medicine
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Annals of Internal Medicine

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Bauer include:

  • Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults, 2022, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Treatment-related changes in bone mineral density as a surrogate biomarker for fracture risk reduction: meta-regression analyses of individual patient data from multiple randomised controlled trials, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Osteoporosis Management in the Era of COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Association of Thyroid Dysfunction With Cognitive Function, 2021, JAMA Internal Medicine
  • Testosterone Treatment and Fractures in Men with Hypogonadism, 2024, New England Journal of Medicine

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Bauer include:

  • Nicolas Rodondi
  • Cinzia Del Giovane
  • Dennis M. Black
  • Martin Feller
  • Richard Eastell

In addition to their articles, Bauer has contributed to the field through book publications, including a title published by Rowman & Littlefield:

  • Literacy in a Digital World, 2024

Best Publications

  • Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures

    Dennis M Black;Steven R Cummings;David B Karpf;Jane A Cauley

  • Effects of Continuing or Stopping Alendronate After 5 Years of Treatment The Fracture Intervention Trial Long-term Extension (FLEX): A Randomized Trial

    Dennis M. Black;Ann V. Schwartz;Kristine E. Ensrud;Jane A. Cauley

  • Primer on the metabolic bone diseases and disorders of mineral metabolism

    John P. Bilezikian;Roger Bouillon;Thomas Clemens;Juliet Compston

  • Elevated aortic pulse wave velocity, a marker of arterial stiffness, predicts cardiovascular events in well-functioning older adults.

    Kim Sutton-Tyrrell;Samer S. Najjar;Robert M. Boudreau;Lakshmi Venkitachalam

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality.

    Nicolas Rodondi;Wendy P. J. den Elzen;Douglas C. Bauer;Anne R. Cappola

  • Fracture Risk Reduction With Alendronate in Women With Osteoporosis: The Fracture Intervention Trial

    Dennis M. Black;Desmond E. Thompson;Douglas C. Bauer;Kris Ensrud

  • Prognostic value of usual gait speed in well-functioning older people--results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

    Matteo Cesari;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;Brenda W. H. J. Penninx;Barbara J. Nicklas

  • Broadband Ultrasound Attenuation Predicts Fractures Strongly and Independently of Densitometry in Older Women: A Prospective Study

    Douglas C. Bauer;Claus C. Glüer;Jane A. Cauley;Thomas M. Vogt

  • Parathyroid hormone and teriparatide for the treatment of osteoporosis: a review of the evidence and suggested guidelines for its use.

    Anthony B. Hodsman;Douglas C. Bauer;David W. Dempster;Larry Dian

  • Endogenous Hormones and the Risk of Hip and Vertebral Fractures among Older Women

    Steven R. Cummings;Warren S. Browner;Douglas Bauer;Katie Stone

  • A Drug Burden Index to Define the Functional Burden of Medications in Older People

    Sarah N. Hilmer;Donald E. Mager;Donald E. Mager;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Ying Cao

  • Daily Activity Energy Expenditure and Mortality Among Older Adults

    Todd M. Manini;James E. Everhart;Kushang V. Patel;Dale A. Schoeller

  • Added value of physical performance measures in predicting adverse health-related events: results from the Health, Aging And Body Composition Study.

    Matteo Cesari;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;Anne B. Newman;Eleanor M. Simonsick

  • Managing Osteoporosis in Patients on Long-Term Bisphosphonate Treatment: Report of a Task Force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

    Robert A. Adler;Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan;Douglas C. Bauer;Pauline M. Camacho

  • Factors Associated With Appendicular Bone Mass in Older Women

    Douglas C. Bauer;Warren S. Browner;Jane A. Cauley;Eric S. Orwoll

  • Subclinical hypothyroidism and the risk of heart failure, other cardiovascular events, and death.

    Nicolas Rodondi;Anne B. Newman;Eric Vittinghoff;Nathalie de Rekeneire

  • Association of BMD and FRAX score with risk of fracture in older adults with type 2 diabetes

    Ann V. Schwartz;Eric Vittinghoff;Douglas C. Bauer;Teresa A. Hillier

  • Meta-analysis: Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and the Risk for Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality

    Nicolas Ochs;Reto Auer;Douglas C Bauer;David Nanchen

  • Risk for Fracture in Women with Low Serum Levels of Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone

    Douglas C. Bauer;Bruce Ettinger;Michael C. Nevitt;Katie L. Stone

  • Subclinical Hyperthyroidism and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality

    Tinh-Hai Collet;Jacobijn Gussekloo;Douglas C. Bauer;Wendy P. J. den Elzen

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
Nicolas Rodondi
Nicolas Rodondi University of Bern
Steven R. Cummings
Steven R. Cummings University of California, San Francisco
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Dennis M. Black
Dennis M. Black University of California, San Francisco
Stephen B. Kritchevsky
Stephen B. Kritchevsky Wake Forest University
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego

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