An innovative wearable technology for standing desks that creates a new way of interacting with your computer could reduce cyberslacking and increase healthy movement.
Jun 6, 2016
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Most people have heard the argument that standing desks are good for the body. They can help burn more calories and fight obesity. Standing can even help improve students' attention and cognitive functioning. Now, new research ...
May 26, 2016
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A new technique might be used to diagnose neuromuscular disorders such as multiple sclerosis or impairment from concussions by detecting and measuring subtle oscillations in a person's standing posture.
Apr 21, 2016
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Study after study has connected inactivity with negative health outcomes, including heart disease, diabetes and hypertension. But most of this attention has been focused on adults in an office environment, and the negative ...
Mar 14, 2016
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Some 220,000 soldiers will hand out leaflets door-to-door across Brazil on Saturday, ahead of a massive insecticide-spraying operation as the government tries to stem an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
Feb 12, 2016
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The Dominican Republic said Saturday it has 10 confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, the ailment suspected of causing serious birth defects in newborns.
Jan 24, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Parents who worry that too much sitting might harm their children's health may have a new ally: "standing desks" in the classroom.
Jan 22, 2016
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Do students think best when on their feet? A new study by the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health indicates they do.
Jan 14, 2016
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This job is introducing me to all kinds of new things. Like standing at my desk.
Jan 5, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Breaking up prolonged sitting with standing or walking improves postprandial markers of cardiometabolic health in overweight/obese, dysglycemic, postmenopausal women, according to a study published online Dec. ...
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