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yet with buy generic lasix clinical fracture. In the past, osteoporosis is considered part of normal aging men and women, but now it is valued as age and sex independent, and the many factors involved in the initiation and progression. NIH convened a group of 32 experts in 2000 in a conciliation conference to review available information and data on osteoporosis and make recommendations on prevention, diagnosis and therapy. (

NIH Consent Development Group Osteoporosis Prevention, Diagnosis and Therapy Consensus Conference

JAMA 2001;. 285:785-795