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Explaining the significance of Z- and T-scores in DEXA scans

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a woman of 54 with somewhat limited mobility due to back pain. Perhaps for this reason, my primary care physician ordered a DEXA scan in 2023 and again in 2026. I was alarmed when the recent scan showed osteopenia in five of the six areas that were tested. I thought the 2023 scan was normal, but when I revisited it, I saw that I had osteopenia then as well. But in the 2023 report, they had only looked for a Z-score of less than -2 as an indicator of a problem, whereas in 2026 they used the T-score. Had I realized that I had osteopenia three years ago, I’d have ...

More notable Havenites

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The late C. Grant Miller, founder of Mor-Car-Motors on the Bully, was a notable Havenite. One evening, sitting on a bench outside his car lot (now Dollar Tree), Grant departed intuitive words of wisdom: “Steve, sales is the only job where you write your own paycheck.” Later he grew Mor-Car into a Chrysler dealership. We stopped at “Sals,” (now Hanger 9) when a bothersome banker antagonized Grant. The annoying loan officer, along with tables and chairs, were soon strewn about the floor! The late Paul Mahoney, music lover and owner of Sals, up-righted the furniture like ...

Antique musical devices are usually worth something

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There is a general rule in antiques: If it makes a sound (and is supposed to), it’s worth something. The rule usually refers to chiming clocks, music boxes, instruments, and noisemaking toys. If you look into the history of these items, you can start to see some similarities. While ...

The Golden Rule

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"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” The ancient maxim, whose precise origins have been lost to history, appears across cultures and civilizations. Ancient Egypt, Greece, India, China and Persia (modern-day Iran) all had iterations of this fundamental ethical principle as early as a thousand years before it appeared in the Gospel of Matthew. The sentiment crosses religious boundaries as well, appearing in Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Islamic and Confucian traditions, to name only a few. To say the Rule is a foundational principle of human culture is perhaps even an ...

Applause, Applause

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Each Saturday, The Express community newspaper highlights people, groups and activities our readers deem worthy of applause. “The Porter Township Library staff would like to THANK The Express for mentioning our summer library program in Around the Town! The children had a great time and the program was a success! Thanks again! — Sharon Fuge and the Porter Township Library Staff YOU HAVE THE POWER If you would like to make a nomination for our weekly Saturday morning round of “Applause” for someone or some group for doing something special, send your nomination to ...

Dear Annie: Mother in the middle

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Dear Annie: I’m writing for advice about a dear friend, “Meg,” who we’ve known for more than 40 years. She has a son, “Rodney,” who went to high school with our son and who has always been on the edge of being an outlaw. Over the years, we’ve seen Rodney continuously depend on his parents to finance his escapades. We saw him wreck his car and then his parents’ so that, for a time, the family had no means of transportation. We saw Meg pay for a very expensive college education where he only took one course: bowling. We saw Rodney join a fraternity where he quickly ...