You turned 65, got your Medicare card, and scheduled your annual checkup. But there’s a screening many doctors forget to mention, even though every woman 65 and older should have one. The bone density ...

Preventive screenings, such as bone density tests, can help identify potential medical problems. Medicare covers some costs. Bone density tests may help prevent expensive reparative treatments.

Your bones could be silently thinning for years before you ever fall and break one in midlife or older age—a fate that strikes up to half of women over 50, double the number of men. At the moment of a ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: The results for my last bone density test show not only a T-score but also a Z-score. For my spine (L1 through L4), the T-score is -3.4, while the Z-score is -1.4. Can you please ...

Most people do not realize their bones are weakening until they experience a fracture. For women, the risk of osteoporosis increases significantly after menopause due to the drop in estrogen. But bone ...

Ladies, don't overlook your bone health. Osteoporosis is what’s known as a “silent” disease, because it can happen without causing any noticeable symptoms until a person breaks a bone. The condition ...