Spending too long sitting raises the risk of heart disease and diabetes in people over 60, warns a major global review. The review published in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health, analyzed ...

At least he’s crushing something. The internet had a ball Thursday mocking California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s weirdly tense “testicle-crushing” style of cross-legged sitting at a speaking engagement. The ...

Sitting for long stretches could be hurting your heart — but researchers say a simple diet tweak, like adding cocoa, berries or apples, may help reduce the damage. A new study from the University of ...

Scientists found that high-flavanol foods can prevent the decline in blood vessel function that occurs after prolonged sitting. Even physically fit men weren’t protected unless they had consumed ...

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J.—Erich Arcement was standing outside his New Jersey home one morning last October when a truck driver called to ask what time his store opened for deliveries. Arcement later ...

LA GRACE, S.D. — Charles Abbott Wilkins came to Dakota Territory in 1883 to seek a better future on the prairie, then opening to settlers during the bustling Great Dakota Boom. The 21-year-old native ...

We’re often told to move more—by exercising, stretchin, or simply standing up—to combat the effects of prolonged sitting. But what we eat may also play a key role in offsetting the negative impacts of ...

Sitting has often been referred to as the new smoking thanks to its negative health benefits. For the first time ever, according to researchers in England, the flavanols in cocoa have been found to ...

More than 10 years ago Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic coined the phrase, “Sitting is the new smoking.” Ever since, entrepreneurs and other largely desk-bound workers have eyed their chairs with ...

For centuries in the West, sitting on the floor carried a quiet stigma. Chairs were symbols of civility and class, while sitting on the rug suggested carelessness or poor manners. That idea became so ...

Personal Chair of Nineteenth-Century Art, History of Art, University of Edinburgh Before we can answer this question, we need to think about another one: “what is art?” Art is something people make to ...