A technology developed at Ohio University may do a better job of identifying older women at risk for broken bones than the current standard bone density test.

Body composition is increasingly measured in pediatric obese patients. Although dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is widely available, and is precise, its accuracy for body composition assessment ...

Researchers at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have made a great leap toward predicting the risk of hip fracture among people with osteoporosis and evaluating the effectiveness of specific drugs to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Please check that the persons doing DXA scans on your patients know what they are doing. My 51-year-old patient ...

June 20, 2012 — Men at increased risk for osteoporosis should undergo bone mineral density (BMD) testing using central dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), according to newly released clinical ...

Study confirms the care gap in bone health management and fracture prevention among older men with prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy. Use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Back to back patients, both women in their late 50s, arrived at the clinic with their DXA reports in hand and ...