Survivors of childhood cancer face challenges from bone mineral density (BMD) deficits due to treatment exposures and other ...

In a final recommendation statement, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that all women aged 65 years and older ...

Background: Children may have low bone mineral density (BMD) on Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scanning due to smaller bones and/or less mineral than expected for bone size (volume).

Reference data accumulated on Lunar pencil-beam densitometers can be used as reference data for newer models such as the Prodigy (Oldroyd, 2003). Bone Mineral Density, as measured by DXA, represents a ...

Peripheral skeleton (wrist and heel): DXA, QCT, single-energy x-ray absorptiometry, radiographic absorptiometry, and quantitative ultrasound. Although BMD measurements are useful for diagnosis ...

Closer shares five tips for getting stronger bones --- as told by medical experts! Get Moving: One of the keys to keeping ...

2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 3 Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Lady Davis Institute Med Res, Jewish General Hospital, McGill ...

Objective Normal-weight oligo-amenorrhoeic athletes (OAA) are at risk for low bone mineral density (BMD). Data are lacking regarding the impact of oestrogen administration on bone outcomes in OAA. Our ...

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