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 ...

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Dear Doctors: I just turned 65, and my doctor wants me to have a bone density test. What is it, and how does it work? Dear Reader: A bone mineral density test, or BMD, measures the strength of one’s ...

Dear Doctors: I just turned 65, and my doctor wants me to have a bone density test. What is it, and how does it work? Dear Reader: A bone mineral density test, or BMD, measures the strength of one’s ...

Preventive screenings, such as bone density tests, can help identify potential medical problems. Medicare covers some costs. Bone density tests may help prevent expensive reparative treatments.

Postscreening data revealed substantial increases in interventions for bone health. Calcium supplementation rose from 16.3% to 44.2%, and prescriptions for bone-protective agent increased from 7.2% to ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bone Index, Ltd., one of Europe's top new manufacturers of medical devices, and Life Line Screening, the US’s leading provider of direct to consumer preventive health ...

In many professional teams and sports medicine facilities, medical screenings are routine and valuable tools used to identify problems before—or shortly after—they arise. When this happens, healthcare ...

Study confirms the care gap in bone health management and fracture prevention among older men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ...

Objective China has a high disease burden of low bone mass, and elderly men with excessive alcohol consumption may be underdiagnosed and undertreated given the adverse effects on skeletal health. This ...