Bone density screening questioned.(Outpatient Connection)

Healthcare Purchasing News | November 1, 2003 | Copyright

Osteopenia, or low bone density, is considered by many doctors to be a first step along the path to osteoporosis, a serious condition in which bone density is extremely low and bones are porous and prone to shatter. But in a report published recently in The New York times, researchers say that while bone density predicts fracture risk, more is involved, including age, family history and a poorly understood factor known as bone quality. What's more, the report says that placing too much weight on the results of a bone densitometer test may actually obscure the potential danger ...

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