An extra 5 years of life an unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment

Thursday, February 3, 2011 - 12:02 in Health & Medicine

Australian clinical researchers have noted an extraordinary and unexpected benefit of osteoporosis treatment - that people taking bisphosphonates are not only surviving well, better than people without osteoporosis, they appear to be gaining an extra five years of life. These findings are published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, now online...

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