Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Are you due for a bone density test? The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced updated osteoporosis screening guidelines ...

Medicare will soon nationally reimburse a new method for osteoporosis screening that offers a more complete assessment of bone quality and fracture risk than current methods that rely solely on bone ...

Implementing opportunistic computed tomography (CT) bone density screening could increase the osteoporosis screening rate, yielding a reduction in medical costs, according to a study published in the ...

Preventive screenings, such as bone density tests, can help identify potential medical problems. Medicare covers some costs. Bone density tests may help prevent expensive reparative treatments.

An influential US panel may largely reaffirm its current recommendation in favor of screening older women to prevent osteoporotic fractures, while also repeating its call for more research to try to ...

In spite of what appear to be advanced screening methods for osteoporosis, the rate of screening is still very low among postmenopausal women. In a survey of Medicare claims from 2005 involving women ...

Despite the presence of osteoporosis risk factors, osteoporosis screening rates were below 20% among male patients aged 50 years and older. Low osteoporosis screening rates among high-risk men ...

Rates of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening for osteoporosis are lower than expected for Asian American Medicare beneficiaries, according to a study published in Skeletal Radiology.

You turned 65, got your Medicare card, and scheduled your annual checkup. But there's a screening many doctors forget to mention, even though every woman 65 and older should have one. The bone density ...

Scheme will involve use of screening algorithm that allows pharmacists to identify high-risk patients and refer them to ...

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UPPER NYACK, N.Y. & SYDNEY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Global Healthy Living Foundation Australia (GHLF Australia) is proud to announce its collaboration with The Bone Bus, an Australian traveling bone ...