If you’ve ever suffered a bone-related injury like a stress fracture, you know how hard it can be to be sidelined and focused on rehab. And you’re not alone: Research suggests runners have up to a ...

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 ...

I am lying on my back in a brightly lit room in a Toronto sports medicine clinic as a scanner slowly moves from the top of my head to the tips of my toes. Five minutes later, I will have more numbers ...

In modern healthcare, accurate and reliable diagnostic tools play a pivotal role in assessing bone health. One such advanced technique is the DEXA scan, a non-invasive procedure that provides crucial ...

You have a DEXA scan in the x-ray (radiology) or nuclear medicine department of the hospital. A radiographer or a specially trained technician usually does the scan. It takes about 10 to 20 minutes.

DEXA scans are all the talk in the wellness world, with tons of celebrities swearing by them in their health endeavors. If they’ve popped up in your feed, you might be asking yourself—do I need one, ...

DEXA or Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry scans are a type of medical imaging technique used to measure bone density and body composition. They are commonly utilised to diagnose and monitor conditions ...