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Low-intensity exercise not enough to counteract effects of long-term weightlessness on the heart – News-Medical.Net

As NASA seeks to build a lunar outpost, visit Mars and commercialize spaceflight, the long-term effects of weightlessness on the human heart are of critical importance,…

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As NASA seeks to build a lunar outpost, visit Mars and commercialize spaceflight, the long-term effects of weightlessness on the human heart are of critical importance, according to researchers. By analyzing data from astronaut Scott Kelly’s year in space and comparing it to information from extreme long-distance swimming, which simulates weightlessness, of Benoît Lecomte, researchers found that low-intensity exercise was not enough to counteract the effects of prolonged weightlessness on the heart,…

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