91.   While estrogen would appear to be the logical link between bone mineral density and breast cancer, the researchers caution that there may be other factors.

92.   While concerned about differences between the Sahara and other scanners, the panel nonetheless said the device was a useful tool for monitoring bone density.

93.   While it is never too late to slow bone loss and even improve bone density, the sooner preventive treatment is started, the better.

94.   Women also start off with less muscle mass and less bone density than men because they have less testosterone, the hormone that helps men to build muscles.

95.   Women who take no hormones after menopause experience a rapid loss of bone density lasting several years.

96.   Pak said other studies with the new fluoride pill show that the increase in bone density is even more dramatic for women whose osteoporosis has not yet become severe.

97.   At the start, the researchers measured the bone density in the wrist, forearm and heel of each woman.

98.   Because estrogen helps maintain bone density, such girls run the risk of stress fractures and are more prone to developing osteoporosis in adulthood.

99.   Bone density in elderly women may offer a new indicator of their risk of breast cancer, researchers say.

100.   But patients should try to use low doses, get sufficient calcium and vitamin D, exercise and have their bone density checked, he said.