Flying can be one of the easiest and most convenient ways to travel. However, super long flights can affect your health if you aren’t careful.

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Sitting for a long period of time can cause deep vein thrombosis, blood clots that form when the blood is stagnant.

This can happen when you’re enjoying the clouds from the sky, because you aren’t moving much. That’s why it’s important to get up, and stretch your limbs to keep the blood flowing.

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This holiday weekend's options include a staging of Disney’s “Newsies: The Broadway Musical” at Marietta Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy of Lolek’s Storytellers Theater Company)

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UPS driver Dan Partyka delivers an overnight package. As more people buy more goods online, the rapid and unrelenting expansion of e-commerce is causing real challenges for the Sandy-Springs based company. (Bob Andres/AJC 2022)

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