St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville offers free osteoporosis screening

INDIANAPOLIS – Mother Nature makes no bones about it: Some folks are at higher risk of developing osteoporosis.

That’s why St. Francis Hospital-Mooresville and William Kcomt, M.D., are offering a free osteoporosis screening from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, June 27. The screening, available to those 18 and older, will be in the Rheumatology Center at the hospital campus’ new medical office building, 1199 Hadley Road.

Kcomt, medical director of the Rheumatology Center, specializes in treating patients with arthritis and rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. At the center, he makes use of the latest technologies to diagnose and treat the causes of diseases such as osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a condition that causes bones to become weak and brittle because of low levels of calcium and other minerals and more commonly affects women. Other risk factors include people who are exceptionally thin, have small body frames or have a family history of the disease.

For more information, call 317-834-9051.