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Aging bones heal more slowly after fractures than those of younger people, but preliminary results from new research suggest an existing drug, teriparatide (Forteo), currently used to treat osteoporosis, may speed up the healing process. Researchers say the drug boosts the body's bone stem cell production, enabling adult bones to heal at a rate typically seen in the young. A baseline study presented at the Orthopedic Research Society annual meeting in February 2009 revealed that ...