The Week

Weak bones can be silent: When should you get tested, and can routine blood tests show your risk?

Osteoporosis is a silent disease that weakens bones over time, often resulting in sudden fractures without prior symptoms ...
BIOENGINEER

Quantitative Bone SPECT/CT Moves From Visual Guesswork to Objective Numbers

A systematic review finds that quantitative bone SPECT/CT can objectively measure skeletal radiotracer uptake for cancer and ...
AOL

When does Medicare cover bone density tests?

If a doctor thinks a person may have osteoporosis or be at risk, they may recommend a bone density scan or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA or DEXA) scan. These scans use an X-ray to measure the ...
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PSMA PET/CT Outperforms Bone Scans for Prostate Cancer Spread, Threshold Study Finds

A head-to-head study of 108 prostate cancer patients shows gallium-68 PSMA PET/CT detects bone metastases far more accurately ...
Medical News Today

How common is cardiac amyloidosis? Bone scan study looks at prevalence and impact

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 ...