It causes bone mass and density to decline ... is most often evaluated using an imaging technology called Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA or DEXA). A DEXA scan shows your bone density ...

Later puberty in young men is linked to lower bone volume and lean mass, but a healthier body composition. Earlier puberty ...

After your bone mass peaks, ideally around age 30 ... may drop low enough to be considered osteopenia. Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, DEXA or DXA, is the most common way to measure BMD.

Texas County Memorial Hospital’s radiology department now has a new ... and more than 50 million have low bone mass, known as osteopenia. After a diagnosis using the bone densitometer, health ...

Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA, or formerly DEXA) is a technique used to measure bone mineral density (BMD). The preferred regions for BMD measurement are lumbar spine, proximal femur and whole ...