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Six months in space leads to a decade’s worth of long-term bone loss

More weight-bearing exercises in space could help counter changes seen in astronauts’ shinbones

Astronaut Chris Cassidy lifts weights on the International Space Station.

Weight lifting exercises for leg strength (like the deadlift NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy is doing here) help alleviate bone loss due to a microgravity environment.

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By Liz Kruesi

- More than 2 years ago

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You might want to bring your dumbbells on that next spaceflight.