1.   But then it took broken bones longer to heal as age crept into them.

2.   Bones heal by completely replacing with normal bone material.

3.   A week before opening day, an examination showed the bone had not healed to expectations and surgery was recommended.

4.   He said the test will help determine whether the bone has properly healed.

5.   His bones were healing.

6.   Most people do not know, as we are told in this book, that broken bones in smokers heal a lot more slowly than broken bones in nonsmokers.

7.   The bone could have healed in such a way as to cause nerve damage, the doctor told him.

8.   The bone has healed up, and everything is strong.

9.   The spear point itself did not kill him, Chatters said, because the pelvic bone had healed around it.

10.   The X-ray, Maurer said, showed some positive things about the way the bone was healing.