Since 2002, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended that women ages 65 years and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis and has suggested that a 2-year screening interval ...

Although bone mineral density (BMD) testing to screen for osteoporosis (BMD T score, −2.50 or lower) is recommended for women 65 years of age or older, there are few data to guide decisions ...

Women aged 67 years and older with normal bone mineral density scores may not need screening again for 10 years, according to new research. Since 2002, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has ...

The remaining women were divided into three risk groups: a high-risk group whose T scores ranged from -2.49 to -2.0, a moderate-risk group with scores from -1.99 to -1.5, and a low-risk contingent ...

BALTIMORE — There are small differences in bone density that can affect a woman's bone health. Generally speaking, women have smaller skeletons than men.

And when doctors do the tests, they often do not prescribe medicine unless the results indicate full-blown osteoporosis — a bone-density score of minus 2.5 or less, the researchers said.

“The modest increase in bone mineral density at the femoral neck with resveratrol resulted in an improvement in the study population’s T-score and a reduction in the 10-year probability of ...

The study involved 149,524 white postmenopausal women, age 65 on average, who had bone density scans. Of the 2,259 wh... Sunday, June 22 91°F / Cape Girardeau ...

Another reported that bone-building medications are useful in women with thinning bone Two bits of health news last month left me puzzled. One study said don’t bother taking vitamin D for bone ...

In one of the new studies, researchers identified nearly 8,000 women in North America, South America, Europe and Australia, average age 72, who had low bone-density scores.

A new study led by UNC's Dr. Margaret L. Gourlay, finds that women aged 67 years and older with normal bone mineral density scores may not need screening again for 10 years. She presented these ...