From the April 2019 issue of Weill Cornell Medicine's Women's Health Advisor (WHA)
What a DXA Scan Can Reveal About Your Bone Health and Fracture Risk
This non-invasive screening test will show if you have the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis.
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Some common health concerns among postmenopausal women include breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke—but a medical condition that is more common than all of these is often overlooked. The condition is osteoporosis—weak, brittle bones that put you at high risk of suffering a bone fracture. “More women suffer osteoporotic fractures each year in the United […]