A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart failure and increased mortality. Published in The ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Routine bone density scans, known as DEXA scans, are ...

Osteopenia is a common but often overlooked condition that causes bones to become less dense and more fragile. Because it ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest A study of bone scans is helping scientists determine the prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) causes ...

The build-up of calcium in a major blood vessel is linked with a 39 per cent higher risk of serious falls in older women, new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found. This calcium build-up, ...

Our objective was to validate and compare prediction models selecting newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients for bone scan staging. To achieve this, we validated eleven models in a population-based ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Kim Kardashian recently got a body scan and posted her results to her Instagram stories, showing her ...

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Women at risk of osteoporosis may need routine bone density scanning at a younger age. Routine osteoporosis screening with DEXA scans, which measure bone density, generally begins at age 65 for women.