Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs. While ...

If you’re someone who’s at risk for developing osteoporosis, you’re probably well-accustomed to receiving regular bone density tests. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA or DXA) is a radiologic ...

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, ...

Forty-year-olds are getting informational DEXA scans (the X-ray standard for measuring bone density), and new age skeletal-strengthening health centers like OsteoStrong have popped up from New York to ...

But Dr. Khosla, who studies what are called sentinel fractures, or bone breaks early in life that can signal problems down the line, says that women who’ve broken a bone from a light-impact fall at ...

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 ...

It’s time to get hip to this bone density and body composition test. Osteoporosis may seem like an old person’s problem — the “silent” condition gradually reduces bone mass and density, making your ...

Bone spurs are an outgrowth of extra bone. They are usually the result of osteoarthritis or injury and can form anywhere in the body. They generally appear where bones connect and are common in joints ...

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that’s common in the United States, affecting almost 20 percent of women and 5 percent of men over age 50. Osteoporosis occurs when bones are weakened by hormone shifts ...