Sentences with phrase «mineral density scan»

Have you gotten a bone mineral density scan?

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In one of the first studies of its kind to use a special scanning technique, researchers found that people with a history of heart disease had substantially lower cortical volumetric bone mineral density in their wrist bone (the distal radius) than those without.

State of the art scanning equipment was used to assess bone mineral density, shape and size of the tibia (the shin bone), and body composition.

To measure whether MHT influenced bone health, researchers used dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans of the participants» lumbar spine, femoral neck and hip to assess bone mineral density.

The DXA scans evaluated bone mineral density, a surrogate measurement of bone strength, as well as bone mineral content, which is the weight of bone, at both the hip and the lumbar spine (lower back).

A DEXA scan exposes patients to X-ray beams of differing intensities and can be used to measure bone mineral density alongside body composition.

«We did a bone mineral density (DEXA) scan, then we taught half of them the yoga, waited two years, and did another scan,» Fishman previously told The Huffington Post.

Imaging studies also may be helpful, such as bone mineral density, ultrasound, or other types of scans.