Many older women currently get scans every two years to check for signs of osteoporosis, a bone-thinning disease that can cause painful spine... Many Older Women May Not Need Frequent Bone Scans The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Nearly one-third of women with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome and normal bone mineral density have a low ...

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 ...

A substantial proportion of perimenopausal and menopausal women expressed willingness to undergo assessment for osteoporosis, especially among those of Chinese ethnicity and those with an older age, ...

ATLANTA — New research could mean millions of older women can skip frequent screening tests for osteoporosis: If an initial bone scan shows no big problems, many can safely wait 15 years to have ...

At least 1 in 5 women older than 50 in the U.S. have osteoporosis, but many don’t realize it. Women 65 years and older should have a bone density scan to screen for osteoporosis, updated guidelines ...

But Dr. Khosla, who studies what are called sentinel fractures, or bone breaks early in life that can signal problems down the line, says that women who’ve broken a bone from a light-impact fall at ...

Increased Medicare reimbursement for bone scans is a neglected, long-term solution to the growing health burden of osteoporosis in the United States, one expert says. Fully one in two women and as ...

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 ...

Due to loss of estrogen after menopause, women are physically at more risk of osteoporosis. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr. Ashwin Shetty, consultant, obstetrics and gynaecology, Sir H.N.