I was told my bone density is low, but I don't know what to do,” or “The place where I had a fracture should have healed, but ...

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 ...

Educational update explains DXA testing, T-scores, fracture-risk factors and questions adults can discuss with ...

I was hospitalized for a femoral fracture and underwent a bone density test.Since I had fractured a bone, I wondered if my ...

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 ...

Osteopenia, bone density loss that can become osteoporosis, a disease that makes bones weak, brittle, and more likely to ...

Some doctors and influencers say women shouldn’t wait until their 60s for a DEXA scan. Here’s what to consider before getting one.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...