University of Alberta-led researchers, including the developers and promoters of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX), ...

Scientists have discovered an antibody treatment that may help prevent both muscle loss and bone density loss in people using ...

Bone mineral density is the measure physicians use to determine bone strength and resilience. That news was quickly followed by an equally encouraging report in November in the American Journal of ...

Survivors of childhood cancer face challenges from bone mineral density (BMD) deficits due to treatment exposures and other factors, some of which may be modifiable, a cohort study suggested.

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, or formerly DEXA) is a technique used to measure bone mineral density (BMD). The preferred regions for BMD measurement are lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole ...

Machine learning may be able to identify older adults most at risk for major adverse cardiovascular events by assessing abdominal aortic calcification in vertebral fracture assessment images, ...

The long-acting progestogen injectable contraceptives depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and norethisterone enanthate have been found to adversely affect bone mineral density in adult premenopausal ...

The FDA has approved two new biosimilars of denosumab-dssb to treat osteoporosis, increase bone mass, prevent ...