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• Finding your sunshine state

  January 22, 2013 in Health on Page C1 Feeling down? Try vitamin D, some studies suggest. Wary of flu or multiple sclerosis? Overweight?

• Osteoporosis drugs may harm bone

  March 11, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 LOS ANGELES – Medications called bisphosphonates are standard tools for the treatment of osteoporosis. They include Fosamax, Boniva, Actonel and Reclast. But new data released Wednesday raise some concern about … 1

• Osteoporosis treatment speeds healing, study finds

  April 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 A drug used to treat severe osteoporosis promotes healing of hard-to-mend fractures in the elderly and others, reducing pain and time spent in nursing, researchers said Tuesday. In preliminary studies, …

• Most osteoporosis drugs cause stomach upset

  January 8, 2009 in Features on Page D5 Dear Dr. Gott: I am an 84-year-old woman in very good health. My only problem is severe osteoporosis. I am unable to tolerate any of the current osteoporosis prescription pills …