The doctors and nurses at the emergency room in Jacksonville, Florida, were “perplexed,” as Dia Thomas remembers it. They believed her when she said she was in pain—imaging had revealed fractures in ...

Osteoporosis is a bone disease that’s common in the United States, affecting almost 20 percent of women and 5 percent of men over age 50. Osteoporosis occurs when bones are weakened by hormone shifts ...

Researchers can now assess a person’s risk of developing late-life dementia using data from a common type of bone density scan. The long-term study revealed calcification within the abdominal aorta ...

Plenty of lifestyle and health factors can put you on a fast track to osteoporosis.

A biopsy is the only test that can confirm a cancer diagnosis. However, before doctors conduct a biopsy, they may take a person’s medical history, perform a physical exam, and order various imaging ...

A randomized phase II study of cediranib (CED) alone versus CED plus dasatinib (DAS) in patients (pts) with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Phase II trial of intravenous carboplatin (C), ...

Review finds care for some patients was "below the level that would have been expected".