It's slightly comforting to see that an osteoporosis drug intended to prevent bone fractures and other problems actually prevents deaths due to those situations. Medical experts said this week that the osteoporosis rug Reclast caused 35 percent fewer fractures in patients taking the drug, along with 28 percent fewer deaths.

Normally, I am skeptical of claims like this unless it is backed with verifiable data and clinical studies without any outside influence (that's increasingly hard to find), and this no study is any different.

Although no other osteroporosis drug in the last 15 years has showed the results Reclast has, all variables must be equal or the comparison is invalid, right? I'm not against Reclast, but where are all the specific results from this study? Not in the story, of course.