Medicare coverage of a new osteoporosis screening tool may help to address the challenge of identifying and treating patients ...

Many people remember a grandmother or older family member breaking a hip -- a classic result of osteoporosis, a bone loss disease. Twenty-five million Americans have osteoporosis; most are women.

For a sidebar on how this story came together, click here. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has long been the gold standard for osteoporosis screening. But now, thousands of patients may be ...

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 ...