The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended that routine bone scans include a vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) to check for undiagnosed osteoporotic spinal fractures. In its updated draft osteoporosis guidance, NICE ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new Fracture Risk Assessment Tool includes information from high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT scans. The new tool outperformed an older one for predicting 5 ...

Bone density scans, often called DEXA scans, measure how strong your bones are and help detect risks for osteoporosis and fractures. They provide T-scores and Z-scores, which compare your bone density to either a healthy young adult or people your own age.

A substantial proportion of perimenopausal and menopausal women expressed willingness to undergo assessment for osteoporosis, especially among those of Chinese ethnicity and those with an older age, fracture history, and higher scores in perception of ...