Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) revealed important genetic components that affect bone density in ...

Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest, abdomen, and spine, taken originally to detect problems such as kidney stones or ...

DEXA or DXA stands for “Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry,” which is a type of bone density technology. The DEXA machine takes a picture of your bones and calculates their density. Physicians commonly ...

Osteoporosis is typically treated with orally administered drugs, which may take up to a year to have a noticeable effect. A new injectable hydrogel, however, is claimed to drastically boost bone ...

VACCINATIONS. AND TONIGHT’S WOMEN’S DOCTOR. IS THAT CAN AFFECT A WOMAN’S BONE HEALTH GENERALLY SPEAKING WOMEN HAVE SMALLER SKELETONS THAN MEN, BUT THERE ARE ONLY SMALL DIFFERENCES WHEN IT COMES TO ...

The first study, published in the journal Genome Biology, looked at genetic signals associated with bone mineral density that had been previously identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) ...