AI scan analysis links stronger chest and back muscles to fewer heart attacks
University of Edinburgh researchers used hospital scans to connect torso muscle density with lower heart-attack and premature-death risk.

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University of Edinburgh researchers used hospital scans to connect torso muscle density with lower heart-attack and premature-death risk.
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