You can best monitor people by looking at the spine or the hip. And even the words osteopenia, osteoporosis, are based on spine and hip measurements. So strictly speaking, if you're low at the ...

Bones can weaken with age and osteoporosis is common, but the right meds and lifestyle changes can keep bones strong.

BLONZ: I am on Medicare and had a bone scan as a part of my annual wellness checkup, which showed that I have weak bones in the form of osteopenia in my hips and spine, but other areas were in the ...