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Old 02-04-2011, 04:11 AM   #1
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Breast Cancer Survivors At Greater Risk Of Painful Hip Fractures

A hip fracture is not common in a 54-year-old woman, unless she is a 54-year-old breast cancer survivor, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study. Researchers found that a combination of early menopause due to breast cancer treatment and common drugs used to treat breast cancer, could be weakening the bones of breast cancer survivors once they hit middle age, leading to hip fractures...

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