It's time to bone up on your bone health – a £200 bone scan is a sound investment to help future-proof your health, says our deputy editor ...

Many people remember a grandmother or older family member breaking a hip -- a classic result of osteoporosis, a bone loss disease. Twenty-five million Americans have osteoporosis; most are women.

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 ...

The bone density test your doctor forgot to order You turned 65, got your Medicare card, and scheduled your annual checkup.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...