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Women should get a bone density test earlier than what is typically prescribed, doctor says

While speaking with Norah O'Donnell on "Healthful, Dr. Jocelyn Wittstein called bone density loss a "silent disease" and said women should be getting Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry, or DEXA, scans earlier than what is typically prescribed.

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