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Sitting down linked to higher risk of cancer
Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 12:36PM BST 17 Jun 2014 | (Agency)

Posted on 06/17/2014 8:38:32 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Spending too much time sitting still can increase the risk of some cancers, heart disease and diabetes, new research has shown.

Every extra two hours spent sitting was associated with a 10% increased chance of developing cancer of the womb lining in women, while bowel and lung cancer risk was raised by 8% and 6% respectively.

The effect appeared to be unrelated to how much exercise people took when not sitting. This suggests that even in people who are generally physically active, sitting down for too long can increase cancer risk. …

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Travel
KEYWORDS: cancer; sitting
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To: Chickensoup

:) Lying down too! Cycling about a 10 miles a day is that compensates for the problems with sitting.


21 posted on 06/17/2014 9:45:17 AM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: miliantnutcase

I live in chairs and wheelchairs. I don’t have them. Maybe you should wait to sit on the toilet before straining.


22 posted on 06/17/2014 9:46:09 AM PDT by B4Ranch (Name your illness, do a Google & YouTube search with "hydrogen peroxide". Do it and be surprised.)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m a dead man sitting!


23 posted on 06/17/2014 10:07:12 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" means something different to 0bama.)
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To: Olog-hai

I suspect these studies are funded by some shoe company. As Billy Graham once said, “The death rate is 100%”.


24 posted on 06/17/2014 10:23:54 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: Olog-hai
As George Carlin once joked, "Studies have shown that saliva is bad for your health, but only if swallowed in small amounts over an extended period of time."

-PJ

25 posted on 06/17/2014 10:31:38 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Olog-hai

Most of my painting friends, paint sitting down. When you are working on a painting you need to back up ever so often and look at it from a distance. People who sit don’t do that.


26 posted on 06/17/2014 10:34:02 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: wetphoenix

Like what?


27 posted on 06/17/2014 10:34:41 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Olog-hai

We’re all dying from the moment we’re conceived, so I’m not gonna worry about this. :)


28 posted on 06/17/2014 10:54:47 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: B4Ranch

I live in a cubicle and a car ;-p But, yeah I need to drink more water lol.


29 posted on 06/17/2014 10:57:44 AM PDT by miliantnutcase
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To: Ditter

varicose


30 posted on 06/17/2014 11:05:56 AM PDT by wetphoenix
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To: Olog-hai

Biking linked to getting hit by vehicles.


31 posted on 06/17/2014 11:40:44 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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