Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs.

The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

Osteoporosis treatment following fragility fracture was associated with significantly reduced hospitalization and mortality risks among patients aged 80 years and older. After fracture at 80 years of ...

Every ~20 seconds in the U.S a woman aged 50 or older suffers a fracture. 1 These fractures result in higher rates of hospitalization than heart attack, stroke, or breast cancer, while having ...

This condition weakens bones without warning, but simple lifestyle changes, screening, and nutrition can protect mobility and ...

It’s time to get hip to this bone density and body composition test. Osteoporosis may seem like an old person’s problem — the “silent” condition gradually reduces bone mass and density, making your ...

—Although FRAX does not have specific inputs for cancer and cancer treatments, may be an accurate predictor of fracture risk in patients with cancer, especially when BMD is included. Fractures due to ...