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Resistance Training Key to Prevention in Older Women.(osteoporosis prevention)
2001 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- While walking, running, or aerobics strengthen hips, the most frequent site of bone thinning and serious fractures, a noted osteoporosis researcher urged paying more attention to upper body osteoporosis problems with resistance training.
According to James Hennessey, MD, of Brown University School of Medicine, in the January/February 2001 issue of Reader's Digest Walking: "When bone thinning occurs, it happens above the waist, as well as below. The spine is especially vulnerable to fractures, but so are the ...
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