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Default Re: suffer or suffer from

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Originally Posted by blacknomi
On the other hand, women who suffera fracture due to osteoporosis aren't any more likely to take calcium supplements than healthy women.

I think it's quite OK to replace "suffer" with "suffer from".
It would be OK, but not usual. In medicine, one usually suffers an event, a trauma, etc., but suffers from a condition, illness, disease etc. There is some overlap. One suffers a stroke (the event) or suffers from a stroke (the aftermath). In your example, the person suffers a fracture, but suffers from osteoporosis. :wink:
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