Medicare covers bone density scans once every 2 years or more frequently if medically necessary. If you meet eligibility requirements and use a facility that accepts Medicare, there are no ...

The latest news to come out regarding osteoporosis is that testing for men tends to fall through the cracks. While women's bone health is often followed closely by their primary care and ob-gyn ...

Study finds more than 13% prevalence of low bone mineral density in younger patients with celiac disease and a rising ...

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Oct. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- New research in the October 2020 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds the rate of bone mineral density (BMD) ...

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 ...

Nurse-Initiated Constipation Education (NICE) protocol: Improved health outcomes in the outpatient oncology setting. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Quality Care Symposium. This ...

Low bone density is no longer a disease of the elderly. It is increasingly detected in the young adults, warning of the ...

Explore the vital role of bone marrow stem cells. Learn how they drive bone remodeling, immunity, and skeletal health in this ...

Question: I am 62-year-old woman who has been fairly healthy most of my life. I try to walk daily and eat right. I’ve never had a fracture or bone health issues. But after my annual physical this year ...

Improvement of cancer care by linking community cancer center oncologists to disease site-specific experts. Factors predicting noncompliance with bone density testing guidelines among AI users.

Bone-density tests will be offered at Longs Drugs on Sutton Way from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. March 18. The painless, noninvasive scan of the forearm takes just seven minutes. It uses 1/50th the radiation ...