The bone mass of people begins to decline gradually after their peak (around age 30) due to hormonal shifts (especially oestrogen decline) that cause changes in bone density. But if timely action is ...

Dear Doctors: I just turned 65, and my doctor wants me to have a bone density test. What is it, and how does it work? Dear Reader: A bone mineral density test, or BMD, measures the strength of one’s ...

Your bones could be silently thinning for years before you ever fall and break one in midlife or older age—a fate that strikes up to half of women over 50, double the number of men. At the moment of a ...

According to the International Journal of Health Sciences, around 22.9% of adults in India have osteoporosis. The medical condition leads many people to associate osteoporosis with old age, but bone ...