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Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new research

  • Written by Keith Diaz, Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Columbia University
Too much sitting increases risk of future health problems in chest pain patients – new researchChest pain could be a symptom of angina or a heart attack.Moyo Studio/E+ via Getty Images

For patients hospitalized with chest pain, the amount of time they spend sedentary afterward is linked to a greater risk for more heart problems and death within a year. That’s the key finding of a new peer-reviewed study my colleagues and I published in...

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