| ■ Long Hours at Desk Raise DVT Risk: Study | 07.03.19 |
| People who spend long hours at their desks may be at even greater risk for potentially deadly blood clots called deep vein thrombosis (DVT) than passengers on long flights, concludes a study by researchers at the Medical Research Institute in Wellington, New Zealand. They analyzed the cases of 62 people admitted to hospital for treatment of DVT and found that 34 percent of them were office workers who spent long periods of time seated at their desks. Passengers on long-distance flights accounted for just 21 percent of patients, Agence France Presse reported. Some of the office workers in this study sat at their desks/computers for a total of 14 hours a day and went for stretches of three to four hours without getting up from their chairs. |