Staying in bed forever may sound like a dream, but it can seriously damage your health. Why is excessive bed rest such a nightmare for your body? How Do We ...
========== I love laying in bed on a sunday as much as
the next guy, unless the next guy has to lay in bed on sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday,
thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday… Early to bed, early to rise makes space science move forward. Except the rising part. Just
stay in the bed. That's the message NASA is putting out there in this new research they're
conducting. Back in 2014, Drew Iwanicki joined a NASA-funded study excitingly titled Countermeasure
and Functional Testing in Head-Down Tilt Bed Rest Study -- abbreviated to CFT70. Science
is the best with headlines. Iwanicki was famously paid 18,000 dollars to lay in bed for 70 days.
He was monitored 24/7, and was only allowed to sit up onto elbows for 30 minutes while
eating. No napping, no sitting up, no getting out of bed ...