Estimated Effects on Bone Mineral Density of the Spine of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) at the Five Regions with Genomewide Significance for Either the Spine or the Hip. Table 2 Estimated ...

A bone mineral density test, sometimes just called a bone density test, detects whether you have osteoporosis, a word that comes from Greek and literally means “porous bone.” When you have ...

Bone mineral density outcome using the progesterone-only method is summarized in Table 2. Where the method has adequate data these are shown by differing stages of a woman's reproductive life ...

Older people at risk for osteoporosis are sometimes recommended to get a bone mineral ... lays on a table, and Peripheral DEXA, which use smaller machines that can measure bone density in areas ...

Bone mineral density at the femoral neck bone in postmenopausal women decreased by an average of 10% during a 25-year follow-up, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland ...

Our bones support more than just a few essential functions in the body. Not only do they provide a robust framework to hold our body upright (an incredible feat in itself!), they coordinate with ...

Feb. 8, 2010— -- For beer drinkers, a new study that suggests beer is a significant source of a mineral key to maintaining bone density may sound too good to be true. That may well be ...