A man climbs up the right side of a flight of subway stairs in London. A new study suggests that you can climb your way to better health. Daily climbing of more than five flights of stairs is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (stroke, blood clots, and heart attacks.
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Climb Your Way to Better Health

Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell
Published in
5 min readOct 13, 2023

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I TRY TO AVOID THE ELEVATOR AT WORK, preferring to climb a flight or two of stairs. A new study suggests that you can climb your way to better health. Daily climbing of more than five flights of stairs is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular diseases (stroke, blood clots, and heart attacks.

This essay explores this thought-provoking new study, recently published in Atherosclerosis.

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Michael Hunter, MD
BeingWell

I have degrees from Harvard, Yale, and Penn. I am a radiation oncologist in the Seattle area. You may find me regularly posting at www.newcancerinfo.com