If you have a family history or you’re getting older and worried about osteoporosis, it’s important to know the early “silent ...

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon Anton Thompkins, MD at Lakeshore Bone and Joint Institute in Chesterton says weight-bearing exercises—such as walking, step aerobics or anything that puts stress on the ...

A bone density scan and spinal X-ray, combined with age and history, can make a clear diagnosis. Making proactive lifestyle changes is the first step to keeping your bones healthy.

Patients are encouraged to have bone density examination when osteoporosis or osteopenia is present. Therefore, spinal bone density testing is a useful tool in determining the risk of the patient ...

Regarding the lumbar spine, bone mineral density increased 13.7% with 1 year of romosozumab, and a total of 15.2% with the 2-year romosozumab-then-alendronate sequence, in the ARCH trial.

Improving bone density before spinal fusion or surgery to repair a deformity lowers the rate of complications, according to Mayo Clinic studies published in Spine and the Journal of Neurosurgery.

More information: Stephanie Faubion et al, Association of hormone preparations with bone mineral density, osteopenia, and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: data from National Health and ...

SAN DIEGO — Romosozumab is superior to denosumab for increasing bone mineral density in the spine at 12 months among chronic glucocorticoid users with osteoporosis at high fracture risk ...

Overall, bone density improved the most in the lumbar spine among those in the lower-calorie diet and exercise group, Gavilán said. Women received the most benefits with a 1.8% improvement in ...

Statistics show that worldwide, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 will experience an osteoporosis related bone fracture. 20 percent of those who break a hip die in the first 12 months ...

Special Reports > Exclusives Pricier, Questionable Bone Density Scan Growing in Use — QCT delivers far more radiation and exaggerates spinal bone loss, so why is it on the rise? by Cheryl Clark ...