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.

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 ...

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 ...

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in the U.S., leading to increased risk of fractures and a weakening of bone strength and structure. Now, new guidelines on who should be tested could lead ...

In a novel collaboration, clinicians and geochemists have developed a test which can show the presence of osteoporosis before it has a noticeable clinical effect on bones. The methods are still being ...