Stomach CT scans may help find osteoporosis - study

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Stomach CT scans may help find osteoporosis - study

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors can use a patient's abdominal CT scans to also check for signs of the bone-weakening disease osteoporosis, according to a new study. The researchers, who published their findings in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday, compared patients' CT scans to their dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), which is traditionally used to diagnose osteoporosis. "What we found is that there is pretty good correlation," said the study's lead author Dr. ...

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