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Are You Due for a Bone Density Test? See the Updated Screening Guidelines

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 ...
WRAL

Getting a Leg Up With Bone Density Testing

With age, virtually everyone loses bone density, a process that typically starts at age 30 and accelerates rapidly in women past menopause who do not take supplemental estrogen. In men, who enter ...
Reuters

Study suggests how often to test bone density

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 ...
Oregonian

Dear Doctor: What is the difference between bone density test T-score and Z-score?

DEAR DR. ROACH: The results for my last bone density test show not only a T-score but also a Z-score. For my spine (L1 through L4), the T-score is -3.4, while the Z-score is -1.4. Can you please ...

Low bone density in young adults? Signs, risks and prevention tips

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