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The bone loss connection

In Drugs, Long-term effects, Risks, Side effects on October 24, 2008 at 3:05 am

Susan Diem, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, discusses her study of the association between antidepressant use and bone loss:

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