Women at higher risk for fractures may benefit from getting a DEXA scan before the recommended age of 65. Strength training and balanced nutrition can help build and maintain bone density. Insurance ...
Some doctors and influencers say women shouldn’t wait until their 60s for a DEXA scan. Here’s what to consider before getting one.
A new ultrasound-based index summing ossification ratios of the distal radius, distal ulna, and proximal radius correlates ...
Researchers are exploring whether a simple blood test could someday help identify racehorses with unusual bone remodeling patterns, well before a potential injury becomes apparent.
Researchers in Beijing built logistic regression and XGBoost models that predict bone scintigraphy diagnostic categories before scanning, finding that probability calibration restores reliability ...
Our healthcare system is designed to diagnose the presence or absence of disease, one organ at a time. That means people have ...
Educational update explains DXA testing, T-scores, fracture-risk factors and questions adults can discuss with ...
Poor bone health may be connected with faster changes in the brain and thinking skills as people age, according to a new ...
Older adults with lower bone density showed faster cognitive decline and more white matter change over five years.
A routine chest CT may contain more health information than doctors originally ordered it to find. Researchers from Johns ...
Before running the New York City Marathon, NPR's Elissa Nadworny gets a bone scan, blood work and a treadmill test to settle a question from Mom: Is this bad for my body?
Good morning.Yesterday, September 22, a research team at Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. published a paper in the ...