This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. If you have a desk job, you know it’s all too easy to get stuck in your seat for hours. Before you know it, it’s five p.m., and you’ve ...

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"Running: Because it’s cheaper than therapy." — as seen on a bumper sticker In one of my first jobs after graduating from college, I worked for a gentleman named David. Most days during lunch, David ...

When you think of dangerous jobs, an office job that requires you to sit for hours probably doesn’t come to mind. And while many jobs are objectively riskier, a sedentary job can pose a serious risk ...

Hate going to the gym? Resent the time it takes to exercise after a hard day at the office? So does Dr. James Levine, a Mayo Clinic obesity researcher in Rochester, Minn., who rattled off two sobering ...

A new study suggests that the timing of workouts can lower your risk for high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other risky health conditions. A new study found that people who exercised in the ...

You've probably had some of your best ideas in the shower. Why not at work? "We're paid to have our best ideas at work, but we never do, do we?" says Duncan Wardle, former head of innovation and ...

When we think about the value of exercise, we tend to focus on the physical benefits: lower blood pressure, a healthier heart, a more attractive physique. But over the past decade, social scientists ...