Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs.

Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines on January 14, 2025. Women 65 years or older, or postmenopausal women ...

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 ...

There is also solid evidence that treatment with a bone-preserving or bone-building drug is beneficial when a bone density test reveals a level of bone loss defined as osteoporosis in the spine or a ...

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 ...

For many seniors, it may not be worthwhile to undergo frequent imaging tests to see if they're at risk for broken bones, a new study suggests. Repeating a bone-mineral-density test four years after ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women with thin bones should be screened every year and those with denser bones can safely wait up to 17 years to have their next bone mineral density test, according ...

Bone pain after the age of 30 is often not trivial. Especially when this pain is frequent, lasts for a long time or appears with other symptoms, ignoring it can prove to be dangerous. In such a ...