What are the benefits of Osteoporosis screening?

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Screening for Osteoporosis can save your life, because it predicts how fast you'll recover from a fall or hip fracture. Check out this Discovery Health video to learn more about skeletal health.

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Life Line Screening

An ultrasound is used to measure the bone density of your heel. We measure the heel because its bone...

Life Line Screening

The National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA) Study, published December 12, 2001, in the Journal ...

Harris H. McIlwain, MD

Although this depends on your insurance provider, most will cover a bone-density test if you hav...

What Are the Benefits of Osteoporosis Screening?

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Osteoporosis Diagnosis

Osteoporosis is diagnosed by measuring bone density, called a T-score. Several bone-density tests involve x-rays or some form of radiation, while other tests include ultrasound (typically of the heel) and urine tests that measure the amount of bone by-products removed in the urine. Most experts recommend dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening for all women over age 65 and for women with other risk factors such as receiving cancer treatment.

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