Indeed, Gary, CMPDC alliance(s) for marketing their products will be an important milestone. The capability of easily being tested for osteoporosis [AND/OR arthritis] right in your Doc's office, at a nominal cost, is invaluable, IMO.
<<<X-rays: The German scientist Wilhelm Roentgen demonstrated the power of the X-ray in 1895, when he took a picture of the bones of his wife's left hand, but this profoundly important innovation did not make its way into routine care until the 1920s. The shadowy gray pictures literally opened a window into the body. Now doctors could see fractures, tumors, congested lungs.
Much more followed - ultrasound, CT scans, PET scans, MRIs - each offering a different internal view of the body without actually invading it.
"The imaging technology has probably had a bigger role than anything else in changing the way we think about the human body and how we take care of sick people," says Joel Howell of the University of Michigan.>>>
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