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ONE THING CAN SLOW OSTEOPOROSIS—WHY DON'T WE KNOW ABOUT IT?

Friday, January 26, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we figure out the one way to slow oseteoporosis, delve into the ‘atmospheric rivers’ of California, remember India's journey post-independence ... and learn about the 19th-century leech craze.

Olympic skier, Lindsey Vonn, the most decorated World Cup American ski racer, exercising in her home gym in Vail, Colorado. Vonn is holding 30 pounds of resistance for about 30-60 seconds for each side of her body.

PHOTOGRAPH BY DINA LITOVSKY

No one wants the fractured or broken bones that come from osteoporosis, and few know the right away to keep it at bay.

It’s not just lifting weights, zipping through easy reps—it’s straining to lift heavier weights. You can start in your 30s (pictured above, ski champion Lindsey Vonn) or pick it up as you get older. How to do it right?

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People paddle and row through the flooded Barlow Market District of Sebastopol, California, after an atmospheric river dumped inches of rain on the region in February, 2019.

PHOTOGRAPH BY ERIC RISBERG, AP

‘Rivers in the sky’: Why California keeps flooding (Pictured above, floods caused by atmospheric rivers in 2019.)

Why is stomach cancer rising in young women?

What made Catherine the Great ruler of Russia?

When inflammation is a good thing: How it is part of healing

The 19th-century craze that almost killed the European medicinal leech

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TODAY’S QUIZ: SHOES ON OR OFF?

A cat sits by several pairs of shoes outside a home in Hawaii

PHOTOGRAPH BY ROBERT MADDEN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION

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To wear or to not wear … shoes in the house? Many cultures worldwide encourage the removal of footwear before entering the home (shown above) as a practice of cleanliness. Is a no-shoe household really healthier for residents? Researchers say leaving outside shoes at the door ...

A. Could limit dust, contagions, and toxins
B. Limits dirt and dust, but has no health effect
C. Is of no use. Keep your shoes on

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

People exercise in an Indian refugee camp in Kurukshetra

PHOTOGRAPH BY HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON, MAGNUM

On this day 74 years ago … The Constitution of India came into effect, solidifying the nation into a republic separate from the British Raj on January 26, 1950. After the end of British colonial rule in 1947 resulted in the hasty birth of the India-Pakistan border, simmering tensions boiled over between the newly-separated regions, casting a historic shadow over the two nations. (Above, people exercise in an Indian refugee camp in Kurukshetra.)

Related:
— These images revisit the railways that once united Bengal
— 75 years later, survivors of India's Partition return home ... virtually

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