41.   Building dense strong bones in young adulthood is considered by experts to be an important hedge against osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that generally develops in later years.

42.   Essner said the company plans more aggressively market Premarin as a drug to prevent osteoporosis, a deteriorating bone disease.

43.   Even when Han was paralyzed with a bone disease, she refused expensive treatments and insisted the news be kept from her husband.

44.   Generally, brittle bone disease goes undiagnosed until a patient suffers a fracture.

45.   It also lowers the risk of heart disease and osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease, after menopause.

46.   It was one of his first appearances since undergoing treatment for a rare bone disease over the summer.

47.   It was used for early detection of osteoporosis, a crippling bone disease that often strikes women after menopause.

48.   Liquid cement injected into the fractured vertebrae of osteoporosis sufferers can reduce pain and limit disfigurement caused by the degenerative bone disease, researchers said.

49.   More than one in three elderly Europeans suffer from vitamin D deficiency, which increases the risk of brittle bone disease, according to a new study.

50.   --Osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease.