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• Physical activity during youth may help reduce fracture risk in old age
• Measuring mercury: Common test may overestimate exposure from dental amalgam fillings
• Family dinners nourish good mental health in adolescents
• Do we forgive television characters for their bad actions?
• 180,000 deaths worldwide each year may be associated with sugary soft drinks, research suggests
• Pre-college talk between parents and teens likely to lessen college drinking
• Knowledge of the game is not an advantage in sports gambling
• Sexual function improves significantly after hip or knee replacement surgery, research finds

Physical activity during youth may help reduce fracture risk in old age Posted: 23 Mar 2013 12:24 PM PDT Get out there and regularly kick that soccer ball around with your kids, you may be helping them prevent a broken hip when they are older, say researchers.

Measuring mercury: Common test may overestimate exposure from dental amalgam fillings Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:50 AM PDT A common test used to determine mercury exposure from dental amalgam fillings may significantly overestimate the amount of the toxic metal released from fillings, according to researchers.

Family dinners nourish good mental health in adolescents Posted: 20 Mar 2013 08:49 AM PDT Regular family suppers contribute to good mental health in adolescents, according to a new study. Family meal times are a measurable signature of social exchanges in the home that benefit adolescents' well-being -- regardless of whether or not they feel they can easily talk to their parents.

Do we forgive television characters for their bad actions? Posted: 20 Mar 2013 06:48 AM PDT When watching a television show, the bad decisions that characters make are more likely to be forgiven if you think they have a good reason for their behavior, according to a new study.

180,000 deaths worldwide each year may be associated with sugary soft drinks, research suggests Posted: 19 Mar 2013 05:21 PM PDT Sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks and fruit drinks may be associated with about 180,000 deaths around the world each year, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2013 Scientific Sessions.

Pre-college talk between parents and teens likely to lessen college drinking Posted: 19 Mar 2013 09:43 AM PDT Teen-age college students are significantly more likely to abstain from drinking or to drink only minimally when their parents talk to them before they start college, using suggestions in a parent handbook.

Knowledge of the game is not an advantage in sports gambling Posted: 19 Mar 2013 09:42 AM PDT Scientist have found that neither betting experience nor knowledge of the details of the game provides an advantage to strategic sports gamblers. He says that they operate under an illusion of control and power unrelated to real-life outcomes.

Sexual function improves significantly after hip or knee replacement surgery, research finds Posted: 19 Mar 2013 06:14 AM PDT Osteoarthritis of the hip or knee, affecting millions of Americans each year, is known to limit sexual activity. New research has found that total hip or total knee replacement surgery improves sexual function in 90 percent of patients.

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