Her family doctor referred Brown to get a bone density scan because she is over 60 years old. "The results list my name, birth date, my height, sex, age, my weight and my ethnicity.

This scan, called a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), can determine whether you have low bone density or osteoporosis. Bone density is the amount of minerals in your bones. Higher mineral ...

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When Lorraine Brown got her bone density scan results earlier this year, she was shocked to find that the lab had listed her ethnicity as 'white' and that the results were based on norms for ...