My biggest beefs with BMD testing
7 Problems with Bone Mineral Density (DEXA) Testing
“Take your bone density test with a grain of salt.” ...
Radiation Protection for Bones: Antioxidant Protocol Before CT Scans
CT scans save lives, but they also come with a hidden cost: radiation damage.
Researchers now estimate that CT ...
Diagnostic tests for causes of osteoporosis
I can’t help but draw attention to the fact that generally when a man is shown to have osteoporosis by ...
Trabecular Bone Score and the Quest to Predict Who Will Fracture
Each year 178 million new osteoporotic fractures occur worldwide. These fractures are painful, costly, and at ...
What’s the cause of your osteoporosis? Diagnostic tests and what they mean
One of the basic principles of the Better Bones Program® is that all osteoporosis, all excessive bone loss, or all ...
Am I Losing Bone Right Now? The NTx Test
Every day women are worried because they’ve been told that a DEXA test shows their bone density is that of an ...
Why you need to use the same bone density machine for follow-up testing
Bone density testing machines are sort of a double-edged sword. They can provide a rough idea of what's happening ...
How to protect your bones from radiation damage in x-rays and scans
When it’s time to undergo a bone scan to determine if a fracture is healing or bone density is changing, clients ...
Small changes in bone density test results — should you worry?
So, you just had a follow-up bone density test, you’re frightened and disheartened. The doctor reports that since ...
Are you losing too much calcium in your urine?
What’s the biggest problem with calcium? It may come as a surprise that while most people don’t have a problem ...
Your FRAX fracture prediction: Take it with a grain of salt
If you’ve had a DEXA scan, you may have noticed a statement on the report that reads something like this: “This ...
FRAX tool: What you need to know about this assessment
The fracture risk tool known as FRAX has come under fire from the World Health Organization (WHO) recently for ...
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