Space travel is bad for your bones
NOV 09, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024813
SPACE.com : New research shows that not only does space travel weaken bones but the effects can last for a year or more after astronauts return to Earth. Humans develop strong bones particularly in their hips and legs due to Earth’s gravity. Study leader Shreyasee Amin, an associate professor at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, and colleagues have found that in the microgravity of space those bones in particular tend to become weaker and remain weaker for some time even after the astronauts landed back on Earth. Amin and colleagues present their results today at the American College of Rheumatology annual scientific meeting in Atlanta.
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