Osteoporosis is a silent disease that weakens bones and increases the risk of fractures without noticeable early symptoms ...

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 ...

Most people assume that older people, especially women around age 65 are the only ones that need to be more concerned about their bone health and a bone density test. On the contrary, you could have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While speaking with Norah O'Donnell on "Healthful, Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein called bone density loss a "silent disease" and said ...

Most tools used to assess the risk of fractures and osteoporosis rely on bone density alone, but these may miss a large number of women who still go on to break bones. A technology developed at Ohio ...

Guest Contributor Dr. Rosina Shrestha is a board-certified internal medicine physician with the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group. She sees patients at the Kaiser Permanente White Marsh Medical ...

Bronx-based radiology technologist discusses how bone density examinations help healthcare providers assess bone health, ...

You turned 65, got your Medicare card, and scheduled your annual checkup. But there's a screening many doctors forget to mention, even though every woman 65 and older should have one. The bone density ...

Typically, when people say they’re trying to lose weight, what they actually mean is they’re trying change their body composition—they're trying to be leaner. A lower number on the scale could be an ...

A retrospective study of 21,112 adults with newly diagnosed cancer in Israel found that only 35.5% received DXA bone-density ...

While speaking with Norah O'Donnell on "Healthful, Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein called bone density loss a "silent disease" and said women should be getting Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, or DEXA, scans ...