Sit at Your Desk and Die or Stand and Look Stupid: The Ultimate Office Dilemma [Health]

Bad news: A doctor at Mayo Clinic has come up with a new disease: “sitting disease,” which is caused by too much inactivity and can increase your risk of cardiovascular disease, much like smoking. To offset the ill effects of sitting all day, he recommends one of those standing desks which, while extending your life, are as aesthetically appealing as that mask Kobe Bryant is wearing these days. (Dr. James Levine, who invented—er, discovered sitting disease works on one of those treadmill desks.) More »