Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines ...

Women at higher risk for fractures may benefit from getting a DEXA scan before the recommended age of 65. Strength training ...

Newswise — Reston, VA – A new multi-institute study demonstrates the potential prevention and economic benefits from the opportunistic use of CT (OCT), defined as screening performed using CT images ...

Educational update explains DXA testing, T-scores, fracture-risk factors and questions adults can discuss with ...

Implementing opportunistic computed tomography (CT) bone density screening could increase the osteoporosis screening rate, yielding a reduction in medical costs, according to a study published in the ...

Some doctors and influencers say women shouldn’t wait until their 60s for a DEXA scan. Here’s what to consider before getting one.

Can we pick up the risk of osteoporosis from lumbar and hip MRIs taken in routine clinical practice without any additional ...

An influential US panel may largely reaffirm its current recommendation in favor of screening older women to prevent osteoporotic fractures, while also repeating its call for more research to try to ...

Osteoporosis is often called a “silent disease” because it develops quietly over the years without clear symptoms, until a sudden fracture exposes its presence. For many women, especially after ...

In spite of what appear to be advanced screening methods for osteoporosis, the rate of screening is still very low among postmenopausal women. In a survey of Medicare claims from 2005 involving women ...

Daewoong Pharmaceutical, Promedius partner to expand AI chest X‑ray osteoporosis screening in South Korea Deal targets wider ...

May 5, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — The densitometry screening rate is less than 16% in postmenopausal black women with risk factors for osteoporosis, and primary-care physicians are even less likely ...