Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines ...

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

The guidelines, issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, suggest that all women 65 and older undergo bone density screening, a brief, noninvasive, safe and inexpensive test covered by ...

New guidelines suggest women aged 65 and older should undergo a bone density scan. Just this month, updated guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force aim to detect osteroprpis early for ...

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 ...

July 27 (UPI) --A second bone-density test doesn't improve physicians' ability to determine the risk for osteoporosis-related hip, spine, forearm and shoulder fractures in postmenopausal women, a ...

(BPT) – Most people have heard of osteoporosis, but many people don’t put much thought into their own bone health. However, in the United States, 54 million people age 50 and over either have or are ...

The use of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) to assess bone microarchitecture in clinical studies has continued to grow rapidly. Thus, there is an urgent need for ...

The systemic management of prostate cancer includes hormonal agents known to harm the skeleton. Today's standard of care should include a bone density testing to assess osteoporotic fracture risk for ...

But the new guidelines may further discourage already reluctant men from doing the same. The guidelines, issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, suggest that all women 65 and older undergo ...