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An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment (EurekAlert, 3 February 2011)

03 Feb 2011


A study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows that taking bisphosphonates as treatment for osteoporosis may have the unexpected side effect of increasing life expentency by up to five years.

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