Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Routine bone density scans, known as DEXA scans, are ...

Abstract: The goal of mixed-modality clustering, which differs from typical multi-modality/view clustering, is to divide samples derived from various modalities into several clusters. This task has to ...

Join us on our first episode of the Scintica Morning Coffee Chat. This series is dedicated to discussing the use cases and benefits of different imaging modality and exploring how they can be combined ...

While there’s plenty of information out there on what exercises and diets are best for improving or maintaining bone health, it can be nerve wracking to put all that work in and still not know what ...

You might think of osteoporosis and low bone density as things only women of a certain age need to worry about, but the truth is that bone health is really best thought of as a long game. Just like a ...

Around 40% of adults worldwide are affected by osteopenia: a loss of bone mineral density. This condition is extremely common particularly in postmenopausal women and elderly adults. It’s estimated ...

Scientists have identified a little-known receptor, GPR133, as a powerful regulator of bone strength. By activating it with a newly discovered compound called AP503, they were able to boost bone ...

Your bones could be silently thinning for years before you ever fall and break one in midlife or older age—a fate that strikes up to half of women over 50, double the number of men. At the moment of a ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

DEXA scans measure bone density, muscle mass, and fat distribution with high accuracy. Identifies health risks by distinguishing fat types and tracking meaningful body composition changes. Consistency ...

The “forever chemicals” known as PFAS are increasingly known to potentially pose many threats, the latest of which may be child bone health, according to a new study. Perfluoroalkyl and ...

Writer Emma Rosenblum says she’s bombarded daily with hectoring advice about bone density—like most of her female peers. To try to make some sense out of all these wellness tips, she spoke to a doctor ...