DEXA scans are all the talk in the wellness world, with tons of celebrities swearing by them in their health endeavors. If they’ve popped up in your feed, you might be asking yourself—do I need one, ...

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

The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

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 ...

A medical device that gives people a clear picture of their health - and is trusted by doctors - is now available to the general public. The device can also be a starting point in the fight against ...

Bone density has long been relegated to the realm of the silver-haired and retired, a health metric rarely measured or researched in younger women before they hit menopause. Now, women like Thomas—who ...

The DEXA Scan Room, located inside Confidia Health Institute’s Bristol office, offers patients convenient access to advanced body composition and bone density testing. MetaLab’s state-of-the-art DEXA ...

A small study has suggested that ultrasound of the heel bone could be a reasonable alternative to dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) to distinguish individuals with low bone mineral density (BMD) ...

For the best part of 12 months, my at-home BIA scales confidently told me that I was sitting on a lean 13% body fat. This was ...

Noida: The Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS), Greater Noida, on Tuesday inaugurated a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan and a suite of advanced physiotherapy systems to boost ...