A technology developed at Ohio University may do a better job of identifying older women at risk for broken bones than the current standard bone density test.

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that’s common in the United States, affecting almost 20 percent of women and 5 percent of men over age 50. Osteoporosis occurs when bones are weakened by hormone shifts ...

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 ...

Osteoporosis causes your bones to become brittle and fragile, resulting in an increased risk of fractures. But most people with osteoporosis don’t know this is happening to their bones, or that they ...

A bone density scan is a painless imaging test that measures the density and, sometimes, quality of your bones. Bone density and quality affect how strong or thick your bones are. Bone density scans ...

Regardless of political opinions, gender, race, ethnicity, or medical specialty, the one thing every physician agrees upon is the need to control medical spending and reduce unnecessary testing. As ...

Changes between an initial bone-density scan that triggers osteoporosis treatment and another one done a few years later predicted fracture risk in a Canadian registry study of middle-aged and older ...