Your job is killing you. If you sit at a desk for more than four hours a day, you increase your risk of death from any cause by nearly 50 percent and boost your risk of heart problems by 125 percent. Dr. James Levine of the Mayo Clinic was so spooked by his own research that he slid a hospital tray over a $400 treadmill and started walking as he typed. Here are two uprights that will help you stay alive. Created by industrial designer Martin Keen-yes, the footwear guy-the new . Locus workstation from Focal strikes a posture that's halfway between standing and sitting. Keen started sketching prototypes for a standing desk way back in 1996, after getting sick of tilting forward on two legs of his stool to reach his drafting table.
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