41.   Concern about bone density should start decades before menopause.

42.   Dalmas said the total increase in bone density with raloxifene was comparable to that found in estrogen therapy, though the levels in the spine were slightly less.

43.   Detect low bone density.

44.   Doctors can then plot her bone density against population norms or her own past readings.

45.   Estrogen also helps maintain bone density and ward off the later development of osteoporosis.

46.   Estrogen production and bone density return when they ease training or leave the sport.

47.   For instance, Fosamax is generally considered more potent in its ability to build bone density and Premarin can help treat the symptoms of menopause.

48.   For starters, Winkler had osteopenia, a disease of low bone density on the threshold of osteoporosis.

49.   How could she be on the brink of osteoporosis, with less bone density than her grandmother?