In the latest episode of "Healthful," Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein, an orthopedic surgeon at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses what women should know about protecting their bones.

Some doctors and influencers say women shouldn’t wait until their 60s for a DEXA scan. Here’s what to consider before getting ...

A new study has determined that approximately three percent of all bone scan patients have markers of cardiac amyloidosis, which can lead to heart failure and increased mortality. Published in The ...

Older adults with lower bone density showed faster cognitive decline and more white matter change over five years.

Share on Pinterest A study of bone scans is helping scientists determine the prevalence of cardiac amyloidosis. Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Cardiac amyloidosis (CA) causes ...

Many older women get bone scans every two years to look for signs of osteoporosis. But for the vast majority of people, the repeat scans don't... Many women have heard that they should be concerned ...

Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs. While a DEXA scan is the gold standard for spotting osteoporosis and weak ...

Whole body MR is superior to bone scans in determining how far cancer has spread into the bone marrow and bones, a new study shows. The study compared whole body MR imaging and bone scans in the ...

Bone scans have been found to overstage prostate cancer at initial staging compared to prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET, according to new research published in the November issue of the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Radionuclide bone scans may not correlate with other radiographic and clinical findings and are not warranted ...

Figure 1. A 74-y-old man at initial staging with PSMA PET that demonstrates low uptake in primary tumor (A, arrowhead) and left pelvic side wall node (A, arrow). Bone scan was read as positive by 2 of ...