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.