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 ...
Help for understanding bone density test results
[Updated June 21, 2019]
If you recently had a DEXA scan to measure your bone density, you may be confused by ...
3 Simple Tests to Help Predict Hip Fracture Risk
Wouldn’t it be remarkable to have one way to predict future hip fracture risk?
Now, thanks to curious Finnish ...
Bone density tests aren’t enough — why a Fracture Risk Assessment is essential
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The tests you need to know for bone health
Whenever a client tells me her doctor says she should take osteoporosis medications, I always respond with the ...
Tests included in the medical workup for osteoporosis
The other day, I had an e-mail from a 70-year-old woman who is following the Better Bones approach. She was ...
Mysteries of bone breakdown revealed: the RANK, RANK-L and OPG system
Each minute, within the skeleton, more than a million sites of old worn-out bone are being eaten away by ...
Who needs a medical osteoporosis workup?
Here at the Center for Better Bones, we often say that it is difficult to solve a problem you do not fully ...
How often should a low-risk individual get a bone density test? Canadian authorities say only every 5 years.
If you are thinking that you should have a bone mineral density retest every year or two, you should know that ...
DEXA Scan Accuracy – How Reliable Is It?
Nearly every day I see women and physicians themselves getting very worried when a woman's bone density tests show ...
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