Nation's hip fracture rate could drop 25 percent with aggressive osteoporosis prevention
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 11:56
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November 2, 2009 (Downey, Calif.) -- Aggressively managing patients at risk for osteoporosis could reduce the hip fracture rate in the United States by 25 percent, according to a Kaiser Permanente
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