Preparing for a medical test often triggers health anxiety, making it easy to worry about hidden conditions and care needs.

The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

DEXA scans are all the talk in the wellness world, with tons of celebrities swearing by them in their health endeavors. If they’ve popped up in your feed, you might be asking yourself—do I need one, ...

A medical device that gives people a clear picture of their health - and is trusted by doctors - is now available to the general public. The device can also be a starting point in the fight against ...

DexaFit Scottsdale has announced the availability of its DEXA scan service, a recognized method for measuring body ...

Kim Kardashian posted the results of her recent body scan on Instagram. The scan can measure changes in body composition, or ratio of fat to muscle mass. It also assesses bone density, which can ...

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that’s common in the United States, affecting almost 20 percent of women and 5 percent of men over age 50. Osteoporosis occurs when bones are weakened by hormone shifts ...

A bone density scan can detect thinning bones at an early stage. If you already have osteoporosis, bone scans can also tell you how fast the disease is progressing. But an abnormal bone scan can ...

Bone density has long been relegated to the realm of the silver-haired and retired, a health metric rarely measured or researched in younger women before they hit menopause. Now, women like Thomas—who ...