Is Excessive TV Watching Risking Your Life?

Is Excessive TV Watching Risking Your Life?

It’s reported that those who watch TV for five or more hours a day appear to be at a greater risk of dying from a blood clot in the lung. This condition is known as pulmonary embolism. Precautions can be taken when traveling on long plane flights such as flexing leg muscles or standing up and stretching, which may reduce risk.

If you watch a lot of television every day it may increase your risk of dying from a blood clot in the lung. This is revealed from new research in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation.

A pulmonary embolism, more commonly …read more