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Loyola to Offer Free Osteoporosis Screening

The Loyola Osteoporosis & Metabolic Bone Disease Center will offer free osteoporosis screenings with physician interpretation of results and a recommendation plan.   

The following people are eligible for the screenings:

  • Women ages 50 and older with a strong family history of osteoporosis;
  • Men and pre-menopausal women who have a history of low-trauma fractures;
  • Men ages 70 and older and post-menopausal women who have not had a bone scan and have not been diagnosed with bone loss.

No appointment is necessary. Walk-ins are welcome. Visit LoyolaMedicine.org/lectures to sign up for electronic notifications. For more information, call (888) LUHS-888 (888-584-7888).

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