NASA Bed Rest Study Part I

Most of us have wanted to put the covers over our head and spend the day in bed. But could you do that every day for three months? That is the challenge facing one man who volunteered to take part in a NASA study on bone loss and muscle atrophy. Scientists at The Cleveland Clinic are trying to mimic what might happen to an astronaut spending months in a spaceship headed toward Mars.

Source: Cleveland Clinic Health Edge - June 5, 2008 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: healthedge at ccf.org Tags: NASA Bed Rest Study Part 1 Source Type: podcasts