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The doctors andnurses 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 ...

Calcaneal quantitative ultrasonography (QUS) is a useful prescreening tool for osteoporosis, while the dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the mainstream in clinical practice. We evaluated the ...

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The 40s are a necessary decade to prevent osteoporosis. Dr Ruma Sinha explains the 5-minute bone test that you need for your ...