[CQ-Contest] Blood clot risk identified for computer workers (and contesters?)

[Mike Gilmer, N2MG]

A blood clot is what caused the death of NBC journalist David Bloom during
his coverage of the war in Iraq.  He had apparently developed a clot while
spending countless hours cramped in or on top of the military vehicle in
which he used to travel with the troops.

Mike N2MG


Jim AD1C wrote:

> The attached article is interesting (though 6 months old).  While it's OK
to
> "stay in the chair", please get up and stretch every now and then.
>
>   http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/health/story/0,4395,172603,00.html
>
> "WELLINGTON (New Zealand) -- People who spend long hours sitting in front
of a
> computer screen risk developing life-threatening blood clots, medical
> researchers warned.
>
> "Dubbed 'e-Thrombosis', the disorder was reported in the European
Respiratory
> Journal by a group of researchers who described a 32-year-old man who
almost
> died after developing a massive blood clot that formed in his leg veins
and
> travelled to his lungs.
>
> "The man spent up to 18 hours a day working at his computer, the report
said. "