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University of Sheffield: Common Osteoporosis Drugs Can Increase Risk of Rare Fractures
August 25, 2020
SHEFFIELD, England, Aug. 25 -- The University of Sheffield issued the following news:

The risk of atypical femur fractures increases with prolonged use of bisphosphonates, drugs commonly used to treat osteoporosis, according to a new study.

The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Sheffield in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente, Southern California and the University of California, San Francisco, found that, although rare, the risk of the stress or & . . .

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