Sentences with phrase «mineral density tests»

To his great astonishment, he found that several bone mineral density tests showed a significant improvement without any side effects.

Women who suffer such fractures should undergo bone mineral density testing, and women with a bone mineral density T - score of equal to or less than -1.0 should be diagnosed as having osteoporosis, they write.

So this dear lady got a mini-trampoline and followed Dr. Lee's advice faithfully for 15 months and then had another bone mineral density test.

A bone mineral density test is the best way to check your bone health.

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The small increase in the high - dose group did not translate into beneficial effects because authors found no difference between the three study groups for changes in spine, average total - hip, average femoral neck or total - body bone mineral density, trabecular bone score, muscle mass or sit - to - stand tests.

Karen E. Hansen, M.D., M.S., of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, and colleagues compared the effects of placebo, low - dose cholecalciferol (a form of vitamin D) and high - dose cholecalciferol on one - year changes on total TFCA, bone mineral density, sit - to - stand tests and muscle mass in 230 postmenopausal women (75 or younger) with vitamin D insufficiency.

She and Dr. Lee were talking about her recent bone mineral density (BMD) test and the fact that the test showed she had osteopenia, a decrease in BMD that may be a precursor to osteoporosis.