Battle bone disease with weight training

msnbc.msn.com — Q: I’m a woman who’s worried about developing osteoporosis because both my mother and grandmother have it. But can exercise really prevent it, or is it pretty much inevitable if it runs in your family? And if exercise can help, what kind and how much? A: A strong family history is a big risk factor for osteoporosis, which affects an estimated 10 million Americans, most of them women, like those in your family, says Dr. Felicia Cosman, clinical director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation and medical director of the clinical research center at Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, N.Y. But it doesn’t mean you’re necessarily doomed to develop the brittle-bone condition or that there’s nothing you can do to help prevent it or reduce its severity. read more...

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