Man stays in bed for 84 days

An American man has stayed in bed for 84 days straight in the name of science.

Roderick Jones, a 40-year old chemist, replied to an Internet advert asking for help with the NASA space program, CNN reports.

He had to lie on his back in bed for three months with two hours' exercise a day in an experiment looking at how the effects of space travel cause the common problem of bone loss in astronauts.

Other test subjects in the study were not allowed exercise as they were the control group.

According to CNN, Mr Jones did everything from eating and sleeping to surfing the web while lying down. His body was also tilted six degrees towards the direction of his head as this is the best way to simulate zero gravity.

Dr Peter Cavanagh, former director of the Cleveland Clinic Centre for Space Medicine, told CNN the results were encouraging and that "you can't completely prevent bone loss, but you can attenuate it greatly".

Last week it was reported that a good night's sleep in bed is as vital for people as eating the right food and exercising properly, according to Dr Rishi Raj, writing on Lubbock Online.

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