Benefits of osteoporosis treatments outweigh possible risk of rare femoral fractures, study suggests

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - 17:21 in Health & Medicine

The occurrence of an unusual type of fracture of the femur, or the thigh bone, is very low in patients with osteoporosis, including those treated with the drug family known as bisphosphonates, according to a new study.

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