On the T-score scale, 0 represents normal, healthy bone density of a 30-year-old person (the age of peak bone density). T-scores above 0 and slightly below 0 are within the normal range. Your score ...

Osteoporosis, thin weak bones, is common in post-menopausal women and older men. While not fatal, it is a major risk for fractures and can severely impact your quality of life.

The problem of joint pain increases a lot in summer. Due to a bad lifestyle and drinking less water, bones start weakening ...

Fortunately a low bone density score – a T-score between -1 and - 2.5 on a bone density scan indicates low-bone density; a ...

Women with osteoporosis have at least a 50% chance of reaching their target bone mineral density at 3 years if they have a BMD T-score of at least –2.8 at the total hip or –3.1 at the lumbar ...

Both osteoporosis and osteopenia are diagnosed using a bone mineral density scan, usually a DEXA scan. You receive two key results from your bone mineral density scan: T-score. A T-score measures ...

The purpose of this review is to describe the available evidence for osteoporosis treatments in young and premenopausal women (Table 2). Observational 75 women with AN (age: 24 years; LS T-score ...

And that is given a score, a T score is what we call it, of zero. You now can measure a woman who's over the age of menopause. Do the bone density on her at the hip and the spine. If her measured ...

Although BMD measurements are useful for diagnosis, there is no precise and consistent relationship between a given increase in BMD and a specific decrease in fracture risk with osteoporosis therapy.

A new study published in the journal of BMC Gasteroenterology found that patients with the liver cirrhosis had higher risk of ...