🦴 USPSTF Osteoporosis Screening Summary 📋

🔍 Why? Prevent fractures, disability, and mortality.

👩‍⚕️ Who? Women 65+ ✅, at-risk postmenopausal women ✅, men ❌ (insufficient evidence).

🩻 How? DXA scan (bone density test) is the gold standard.

⚠️ Risk Factors: Age, low weight, family history, smoking, alcohol, medications.

✅ Benefits: Reduces fracture risk with moderate evidence.

⚠️ Harms: Minimal risks, rare side effects from treatment.

📌 Takeaway: Screen women 65+ and younger high-risk women!