Dear Reader: A bone mineral density test, or BMD, measures the strength of one’s bones. It’s an important diagnostic tool for osteoporosis, a progressive disease in which bones become brittle and ...

The DEXA machine takes a picture of your bones and calculates their density. Physicians commonly choose DEXA because it uses a low level of radiation (about the same as you would get on a flight from ...

The DEXA scan procedure may look simple to you, but it is actually very complex ... During this test, the technologist makes two completely separate measurements of a volunteer’s bone density. The ...

And the statistics are alarming. According to the IOF, globally one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50 ...