To prepare for a bone density test, patients should stop taking calcium supplements at least 24 hours before the exam for the ...

It’s a good time to remind women 60 or older to receive a bone density scan. Today  Dr. Mimi Kokoska, Chief Medical Officer ...

“Results from a bone mineral density scan provide a good indication of bone strength. It is the gold standard,” Dr. Khanna says. If a screening detects the disease or finds that your bones ...

Bone densitometry is a test like an X-ray that quickly and accurately measures the density of bone. It is used primarily to detect osteopenia or osteoporosis, diseases in which the bone's mineral ...

Medicare covers a bone density test every two years under specific criteria. This may be because a person has osteoporosis, estrogen deficiency, or primary hyperparathyroidism, for example.

Australian and Canadian researchers have developed a cutting-edge machine learning algorithm capable of rapidly identifying ...

Highlights: Artificial intelligence identifies hidden heart disease risk in routine bone scans Abdominal aortic calcification ...

What happens to bone-mineral density (BMD) in such women? Researchers randomized 489 women (age range, 65 to 77; mean, 72) to receive 3-year courses of HRT, calcitriol, both treatments ...

DEXA scans are the gold standard test for assessing a patient’s bone mineral density (BMD), says Dr. Yoram Baum, a board-certified physician in nuclear medicine and assistant professor of ...