USA: CT-based trabecular bone analysis (CT-TBA) shows strong potential for diagnosing osteoporosis using low-dose CT (LDCT) scans already obtained during lung cancer screening. It can be applied with ...

Study Shows BDI Screening of Existing Patient CT Scans for Undetected Osteoporosis Also Finds Undetected Cardiovascular Disease Risk – Enabling Prevention of Fractures, Heart Attack and Stroke with ...

January 18, 2011 — The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a B recommendation to routinely screen for osteoporosis in women 65 years of age or older and in younger women at comparable or ...

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 ...

Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs. While a DEXA scan is the gold standard for spotting osteoporosis and weak ...

—Adherence to the guidelines for osteoporosis screening in this study was poor, although the study did not demonstrate this leading to more adverse events for total joint surgery vs the national ...

Efforts to identify older men at risk for osteoporosis and treat those who are eligible received a boost from results reported from a Veterans Affairs (VA) study that showed a significant increase in ...