Traditionally, spending the day on your feet has been considered a downside of any given job. But as mounting research shows the health risks that go along with prolonged periods of sitting, more ...

(CNN) -- Sitting is the new smoking, we're told, and suddenly sit-stand desks are everywhere. But do we know just how healthy they are and the best ways to use them? Science is just now catching up to ...

Without question, inactivity is bad for us. Prolonged sitting is consistently linked to higher risks of cardiovascular disease and death. The obvious response to this frightful fate is to not sit—move ...

Stroke is no longer a disease of old age alone. In the fast-growing desk-job culture, long hours of sitting, poor posture and chronic inactivity are emerging as serious stroke triggers. Neurologist ...

If you’ve been following the trickle of research coming in on sitting vs. standing desks, you know conclusions are murky. Sitting will kill you! But standing will kill you, too! So what about those ...

For the past five years, U.S. employers and workers have been learning of the health benefits associated with sit-stand desks. While their popularity has surged recently, the technology has actually ...

In recent years, standing desks have gained popularity as a healthy alternative to traditional sitting desks. They offer ...

First, they came for our chairs. Science told us that sitting would kill us – one analysis of 47 studies found that prolonged sitting, like a person, does in an office, increasing the risk of heart ...

The analysis found specifically that using a standing desk doesn’t help people lose weight. Nor does it make them healthier or more productive. Credit: Creative Commons/Juhan Sonin In recent years, a ...

The gold standard of adjustable standing desks, the Uplift V2 is worth every penny. The controls are super intuitive, with a keypad on one side that allows you to adjust the desk’s height using ...