Possible New Heel Scan to Predict Hip Fracture
An exciting new development for predicting hip fracture was reported yesterday on WebMD. Until now, The National Osteoporosis Foundation has recommended that all women over 65 and all men over 70 should have bone density x-ray testing to access their risk of bone fracture. The same test is recommended for younger women to identify osteopenia (the less sever bone loss problem). But according to researcher Idris Guessous, MD, in many areas, the lack of access to testing plus the high cost kept many from getting it done.
Not even mentioning the problem that many are having far too much exposure to x-rays these days. So it is exciting to learn heel ultrasound could be an alternative to X-ray bone density testing.
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