A 6-month fitness-and-health study in college women turned up an unexpected finding that could prove useful in tailoring workout routines to fight osteoporosis.
Bones react to the pull of muscles attached to them by building up density and strength, notes Sara Arnaud, a retired NASA physician and a coauthor of the new study.
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