NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A computer program that analyzes routine dental X-rays could offer a simple, cheap way to detect the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, new research suggests. Sign up here ...

Dental x-rays can be used to predict a person's risk of bone fractures, according to a study in Bone (October 2011, Vol. 49:4, pp. 873-879). In previous research, a team from the University of ...

Certain medications used in the treatment of bone conditions, particularly when combined with corticosteroids, may significantly increase the risk of a rare but serious jaw disease. This finding comes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (PIX11) — A Brooklyn boy received a ...

A team of medical researchers has analyzed damage by focused high energetic X-rays in bone samples from fish and mammals at BESSY II. With a combination of microscopy techniques, the scientists could ...