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Bone Density Testing Is the Best Way to Monitor Osteoporosis Treatment
Bone mineral density assessment by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry is the most widely available and best validated clinical tool to diagnose osteoporosis, assess fracture risk, and monitor the skeletal effects of medications that reduce fracture risk.1Â However, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry testing remains underused with osteoporosis undertreated. This treatment gap has reached crisis proportions,2Â with recent disturbing evidence that hip fracture rates in...