Spine checks will be added to routine bone scans on the NHS to find hidden fractures. The measure could help osteoporosis ...

NICE is recommending that quick spine checks are added to routine bone scans to help spot hidden fractures earlier and prevent serious complications. Around 70% of spine fractures caused by ...

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NICE advises adding quick spine checks to routine bone scans to detect hidden vertebral fractures earlier in individuals with ...

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 ...

Hidden spine fractures, affecting around 2.2 million people in the UK, could be detected earlier thanks to new draft guidance fr ...

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There has been a great deal in the news lately about congressional action on the State’s Children’s Health Insurance Program. Another item that has not achieved this degree of public discussion ...

A quick spine check could be added to routine bone scans in England in a bid to find hidden fractures that affect millions of ...