Susan Scutti
Susan Scutti works as a reporter for Medical Daily and contributes on occasion to Newsweek magazine. She also writes novels. Her stories, poems, and reviews have been published in The Christian Science Monitor, New York Quarterly, Philadelphia Review of Books, Sensitive Skin, and other journals and anthologies. She graduated from Yale, later earned a Master's from CUNY. Generally, she prefers dogs to cats.
Articles By Susan Scutti
Nearly four in 10 analyzed news stories focusing on mental disorders connect psychiatric illness with violence toward others.
Sexually transmitted diseases, type 2 diabetes, and eating disorders are among the six conditions trending younger than in the past.
Pictures illustrating the dangers of inhaling tobacco smoke were more likely to inspire smokers to attempt quitting than the familiar text-only package warnings.
Women with a higher BMI face more barriers to physical activity, including depression and injuries, than normal-weight women.
Older folks are not risk-averse, it's more that they find the reward not worth the gamble.
As of Jan. 1, 2016, more than 15.5 million Americans have a history of cancer; in 2026, this number will reach more than 20 million.
Scientists discovered a rare mutation that makes it very likely a person will develop a devastating form of MS.
Long-term marijuana use is linked to gum disease at mid-life, but no other health problems: study.
Nearly 60 percent of teen car accidents are due to distractions behind the wheel, with texting and social media use on the rise.
The mediodorsal thalamus supports adaptive decision-making, our negotiation of changing situations, such as walking down a street.
Never-deployed soldiers were at highest risk of a suicide attempt between 2004 and 2009 of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
The "cheerleader effect" means people seem more attractive in a group than they do on their own.