Study Links Healthy Muscle Mass to Healthy Bones, Finds Differences by Gender

SOURCE:  Newswise

DATE:  June 20, 2012

EXCERPT: "A Mayo Clinic study looked at skeletal muscle mass and bone health across the life span and discovered distinct differences in how muscle affects the two layers of bone in men and women."   more

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Lebrasseur NK, Achenbach SJ, Melton LJ 3rd, Amin S, Khosla S. Skeletal muscle mass is associated with bone geometry and microstructure and serum IGFBP-2 levels in adult women and men. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 May 23. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1666. [


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