DEAR DR. ROACH: Are bone density tests recommended for older men? I will be turning 78 this year. -- P.R.

Bone density still matters. It’s the best clinical predictor we have, and it tends to peak in early adulthood, and declines with age (faster after menopause). The goal is to build what you can, and ...

A new study highlights the metrics that matter when it comes to stress fracture risk ...

Children's Minnesota announced on Tuesday, February 3rd, that they will be pausing certain gender affirming care for patients ...

NICE is recommending that a spinal check is added to routine bone density scans under a draft update to its osteoporosis ...

“Strength training is also really good for bone density because whenever you contract a muscle with force, that muscle, via a tendon, will pull on the bone, and that pulling on the bone is good for ...

The study found that while trans women have some more lean mass than cis women, that didn't translate into a strength ...

Dear Dr. Roach: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My ...

Doctors and physiologists point to studies that show tiny, regular bursts of effort — like climbing a few stairs — can ...

For more than a decade, doctors and researchers have announced that a handful of people around the world have been cured of ...

In A Nutshell An existing osteoporosis medication (PTH) reduced chronic back pain in three mouse models of spinal ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My primary doctor declared it an “incisional hernia,” probably due to ...