DEXA scans—which stands for dual x-ray absorptiometry—measure bone density by passing a high- and low-energy x-ray beam through the body, usually in the hip and the spine, according to the CDC. They ...

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 ...

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As fitness coach Jacqueline Hooton says, ‘Maintaining strong healthy bones as we grow older is a challenge as bone density decreases after the age of 30 and rapidly after menopause. Weight-bearing ...

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 ...