Marking 100 days into his 52-week personal health study, Alfie Hammersham, founder of the One Year Fast Project, has released his first comprehensive clinical measurements alongside an ongoing public ...

Women at higher risk for fractures may benefit from getting a DEXA scan before the recommended age of 65. Strength training ...

In the latest episode of "Healthful," Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein, an orthopedic surgeon at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses what women should know about protecting their bones.

Norah O'Donnell shared what her Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, or DEXA, scan results were with Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein, who explained what it said about her bone density. Wittstein also asked ...

Educational update explains DXA testing, T-scores, fracture-risk factors and questions adults can discuss with ...

Somewhere in the world, a woman over 50 will have fractured a bone by the time you finish reading this sentence due to osteoporosis, a silent bone disease that can weaken the structural integrity of ...

How accurate is Samsung Galaxy Watch body composition? Research finds strong agreement for body-fat estimates but weaker results for skeletal muscle.

Some doctors and influencers say women shouldn’t wait until their 60s for a DEXA scan. Here’s what to consider before getting one. By Danielle Friedman In the last few years, there’s been a cultural ...

An experimental compound called AP503 significantly strengthened bones in mice by activating GPR133, a receptor that boosts bone formation while slowing bone loss. Because the same treatment has also ...

When America’s founding fathers set out to create a new country independent from Great Britain, they had a lot of decisions to make. One was simply what to call their invention. Today, the world may ...

Two numbers do most of the work, and both come straight from 2K. Hold the phone at eye level, roughly 18 inches from your face, and turn your head slowly to a maximum of 45 degrees while your eyes ...

Costco is stepping into health insurance. The warehouse giant, ticker COST, said today it is teaming up with SCAN Group, a nonprofit insurer, to sell Costco-branded Medicare plans for the first time.