Bone Mineral Density test (BMD)

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Bone Mineral Density test (BMD)

See your doctor for a Bone Mineral Density Test, after age 50. A Bone Mineral Density test (BMD) is the only way to diagnose osteoporosis and determine your risk for future fracture. Since osteoporosis can develop undetected for decades until a fracture occurs, early diagnosis is important.

   

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