Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines on January 14, 2025. Women 65 years or older, or postmenopausal women ...

Medicare covers bone density scans once every 2 years or more frequently if medically necessary. If you meet eligibility requirements and use a facility that accepts Medicare, there are no ...

If you’re someone who’s at risk for developing osteoporosis, you’re probably well-accustomed to receiving regular bone density tests. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) is a radiologic ...

The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

This is a sidebar to an investigation on the growing use of QCT to screen for osteoporosis. Which test should the doctor and patient believe? This journalist can corroborate concerns about the ...

(BPT) – Most people have heard of osteoporosis, but many people don’t put much thought into their own bone health. However, in the United States, 54 million people age 50 and over either have or are ...

Researchers can now assess a person’s risk of developing late-life dementia using data from a common type of bone density scan. The long-term study revealed calcification within the abdominal aorta ...

Osteoporosis occurs more commonly in women, for whom medical guidelines recommend universal screening after age 65. But about ...

Dr. Lawrence Reynolds, a Flint, Michigan pediatrician and former president of the Mott Children’s Health Center, filed a brief last week opposing provisions in the proposed Water Settlement Agreement ...

New research reveals bone cancer in children and teens faces the longest diagnostic delays, often taking months, unlike other childhood cancers. This delay allows tumours to grow, impacting treatment ...