Friday, January 20, 2012

Bone Mineral Density Tests




The recommendations for when and how often women should be tested for osteoporosis with bone density testing (DXA Scan) has been vague.   Many women are tested in their early 50s when they go through menopause with follow up tests as frequently as every year.  Others break a hip without ever being tested.

 A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine states that bone loss

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