Public Health

The CUT: Recent studies have indicated a 56% jump in teenage suicide rates from 2007 to 2017, becoming the second-most common form of death for teenagers. Psychologists are examining the possible reasons for this jump, the biggest one being exposure to the media and its influences. In fact, after…

Companies that sell fitness tracking devices marketed the idea that taking 10,000 steps a day is optimal for our health. However, a study shows that health outcomes do generally improve as the number of steps increase in the participating population, however, the outcomes seem to be the same above…

LA Times: Many former theories surrounding the nutritional benefits of certain foods are slowly being debunked by recent advances in scientific research. For instance, red meat is commonly known to be "a killer," but that idea was recently a recent scientific study. Learn more about the research…