According to a new set of investigations, it would appear that astronauts and future space travelers are at increased risks of suffering bone health issues related to their stay in microgravity than their peers who remain “trapped” on Earth.The investigation raises serious problems for manned space explor... |
8 November 2010
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A new research carried out by scientists from Johns Hopkins and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health suggested that men that develop prostate cancer that spreads throughout the body and reaches the bones, have denser bones as they age, unlike men free of the illness. This f... |
29 July 2010
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Many people around the world suffer from a fairly common condition called osteoporosis. This translates in English into brittle bone disease, and the name of the condition implies that patients have very weak bones that are easily broken from efforts which would otherwise have been considered moderate. The affliction... |
4 May 2010
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A new long-term scientific study revealed that eating lots of high-protein foods, such as dairy products and meat, favors the development of denser and thicker bones in children who had on average at least 2 such servings per day during their early years, than in those who ate something else. The study was conducted ... |
27 November 2008
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For a long time, women have dismissed strength training and labeled it a "guy thing". You know the cliché - a steamy room at the gym filled with heavy, complicated and diabolic-looking machinery, guys wearing little more than short shorts and sweaty tank tops, measuring the size of each other's muscles and showing... |
7 May 2008
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