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 ...
May 5, 2009 (Chicago, Illinois) — The densitometry screening rate is less than 16% in postmenopausal black women with risk factors for osteoporosis, and primary-care physicians are even less likely ...
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 ...
Dr. Simon's team at SimonMed Imaging chose HeartLung's AutoBMD™ AI to detect osteoporosis early, marking a significant milestone for both organizations HOUSTON, TX ...
Over the past 18 months, some of your medical care—including supporting your bone health—may have fallen by the wayside. In the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, for exam­ple, about a third ...
UPPER NYACK, N.Y. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Healthy Living Foundation Australia (GHLF Australia) is proud to announce its collaboration with The Bone Bus, an Australian traveling bone ...
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bone Index, Ltd., one of Europe's top new manufacturers of medical devices, and Life Line Screening, the US’s leading provider of direct to consumer preventive health ...
Many people think that osteoporosis is a women’s disease and that it is a natural part of aging. This is a myth. While women are more susceptible, especially after menopause due to a decrease in ...
Newly updated guidelines can help women decide when to have a bone density tested to determine their risk of fracture and perhaps get treatment that can lessen it. But the new guidelines may further ...