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Strength
Training Can Build Postmenopausal Bone
(NY, Reuters Health, 1/23/03)
Ellen C. Cussler of the University of Arizona in Tucson,
and team, monitored 140 women who participated in a strength
training program three times a week. At the end of a year, the
researchers found increases in the density of the femoral
trochanter, the top of the thigh bone, corresponding to the
amount of weight lifted. |
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