Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Routine bone density scans, known as DEXA scans, are generally recommended beginning at age 65 ...

The 40s are a necessary decade to prevent osteoporosis. Dr Ruma Sinha explains the 5-minute bone test that you need for your ...

For a sidebar on how this story came together, click here. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has long been the gold standard for osteoporosis screening. But now, thousands of patients may be ...

The build-up of calcium in a major blood vessel is linked with a 39 per cent higher risk of serious falls in older women, new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found. This calcium build-up, ...

New science on bone density after 50 includes a surprising food finding from Penn State. Here is everything researchers say ...

A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart failure and increased mortality. Published in The ...

Compared to conventional imaging techniques, prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET imaging provides superior ...

Extremely low rates of testing of bone mineral density (BMD), as recommended by recent guidelines, were found in a nationwide study of older men receiving androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for the ...

Figure 1. A 74-y-old man at initial staging with PSMA PET that demonstrates low uptake in primary tumor (A, arrowhead) and left pelvic side wall node (A, arrow). Bone scan was read as positive by 2 of ...