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Editorials1 February 2005Bone Density Screening: A New Level of Evidence?Steven R. Cummings, MDSteven R. Cummings, MDFrom San Francisco Coordinating Center; California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute; University of California, San Francisco (Emeritus); San Francisco, CA 94105.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-3-200502010-00015 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail In this issue, Kern and colleagues (1) report that a cohort of older women and men who underwent bone mineral density (BMD) testing of the hip had a lower rate of hip fractures than did those in a cohort who did not get hip BMD testing. If Kern and colleagues' methods are sound, then they provide the first evidence from a trial (albeit not randomized) that screening lowers the risk for fracture.Bone densitometry, invented by dentists in 1897 (2), became compact enough for clinical use during the 1980s (3). As soon as bone densitometry entered clinical practice, debates began ...
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