Elderly women who start exercising may break fewer bones
BY LISA RAPAPORT

(Reuters Health) - Elderly women who start exercising regularly may be able to reduce their risk of falls that result in broken bones or other serious injuries, a small study suggests.

Researchers offered a group of women in their 70s supervised workouts combining balance and strength training three times a week for one year and found they were 62 percent less likely to be injured in falls over the next five years than peers who didn’t exercise.

Read the article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/04/us-womens-health-falls-fitness-idUSKBN0OK2FN20150604