Prolonged inactivity decreases mechanical loading on bones, which is crucial for maintaining bone density. Over time, this ...

An estimated 10 million Americans aged 50 and older have osteoporosis, a condition that causes bone loss and a higher risk of fractures. Your risk of getting the disease increases as you get older, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Doctors are reminding West Michiganders to take steps to preserve their spine health. Back pain is one of the leading causes of visits to primary care physicians, ...

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Tiffany Bruce spends every day, all day, thinking about pain. Her own, yes, ...

Symptomatic spinal stenosis — the narrowing of spaces within the spinal canal, which can put pressure on the spinal cord and nerves — may be a complication in aging people with hemophilia, a study in ...

It's essential to understand the subtle early warning signs of osteoporosis. Early warning signs of osteoporosis include low bone density, bone fractures, lost height, a curved upper back, sudden back ...

For the lumbar spine and femur of patients with osteopenia, performance showed a sensitivity of 86.4 and 80.4%, respectively, and specificities of 84.1 and 76.3%, respectively. HealthDay News — An ...

Investigators have developed an artificial intelligence-assisted diagnostic system that can estimate bone mineral density in both the lumbar spine and the femur of the upper leg, based on X-ray images ...

It's important to discuss your risks of bone loss with your doctor. “Osteopenia” is not a word I’d ever heard three months ago. And then, just like that, it was everywhere—on the results of my first ...

HSS is the #1 orthopedic hospital in the U.S. and a national leader in rheumatology. This content was created by our physicians and experts. A 28-year-old woman with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia ...