Peter Attia· MD
When should people have their first bone mineral density scan?
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When should people have their first bone mineral density scan?
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Um, now the WHO I think is a little bit more aggressive and recommends screening women by the age of 40 if I'm not mistaken.
The typical recommendation um is for high-risk people to be 50 um but typically 65 is sort of when they want to start screening people. Um, and that's for women and for men it's typically 70. It's a lot of credentials you just laid out there. You sure you want to get in hot water with all of those different people? No, I I'm just simply stating what they're recommending. And if I've misrepresented that, feel free to correct us. But um you know, it's typically recommended, as I said, women at 65, men at 70, follow-up scans no more than every two years.
Um, you know, it's typically recommended, as I said, women at 65, men at 70, follow-up scans no more than every 2 years.
Um, now the WHO I think is a little bit more aggressive and recommends screening women by the age of 40 if I'm not mistaken.