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The benefits of vigorous exercise in improving physical health and preventing disease are firmly established, but less is known about the extent to which leisure time exercise might also prevent mental health problems. In this issue, Bernaards et al1 report that among a cohort of working Dutch adults, those with sedentary jobs who engaged in vigorous leisure exercise 1–2 times per week were less likely to develop symptoms of depression or emotional exhaustion, complain of poor general health, or report long term absence from work during three years of follow up. An accompanying commentary by Evanoff2 notes methodological limitations of this study and discusses the practical and scientific significance of the findings.
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Studies of occupational injuries often find high rates of injury among newly hired workers. While this elevated risk is often attributed to inexperience, the effect of experience could be confounded by worker age and other factors. Breslin and
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