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Academics => Medical Department => Topic started by: fayt on May 12, 2013, 11:36:01 AM
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Time to expose some myth or rumor.
Ladies were often told that polite sitting involves crossing the legs, or more often the ankles. Whether or not this truly constitutes polite sitting, there’s no need to worry about varicose veins if you plan on crossing your legs. This is an urban legend, an old wives tale that has been routinely circulated and repeated on the Internet, one which medical professionals dismiss as hogwash. Crossing your legs will not and does not lead to varicose veins or to spider veins...
Open this link for full info:-
http://www.wisegeek.com/does-crossing-your-legs-cause-varicose-veins.htm (http://www.wisegeek.com/does-crossing-your-legs-cause-varicose-veins.htm)