Alma College is offering a new service that is designed to both improve community health and provide students with real-world experience they will take with them and use long after graduation. Housed ...

The bone density test your doctor forgot to order You turned 65, got your Medicare card, and scheduled your annual checkup.

WIRED's investigation into DEXA scanning technology revealed both benefits and drawbacks of the expensive wellness trend. Reporter Boutayna Chokrane found the scans provide precise health data but ...

For a sidebar on how this story came together, click here. Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) has long been the gold standard for osteoporosis screening. But now, thousands of patients may be ...

Regardless of political opinions, gender, race, ethnicity, or medical specialty, the one thing every physician agrees upon is the need to control medical spending and reduce unnecessary testing. As ...

BMI isn't a great health indicator, because it only consists of a person's height and weight. One major issue with BMI is that it doesn't separate muscle from fat. Many doctors increasingly rely on ...

DENVER — The relatively simple measure of extending a routine dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scan by 1 one minute may help identify patients at risk for atypical femoral fractures (AFF), a rare but ...