Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An alligator in a small body of water. Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites ...

The riskiest behavior in humans peaks in adolescence. Researchers from the University of Michigan and James Madison University expected to find risky behavior to peak in adolescence in a study of ...

Young women were more likely to engage in risky behavior like multitasking or conversation while descending stairs versus young men, according to an observational study of college students published ...

Cocaine is a psychostimulant drug that increases euphoria, energy, sociability, and mental alertness, improves physical and intellectual performance, decreases sleep, and decreases appetite. So, it is ...

Adolescents who use social media such as Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and TikTok every day are more likely to engage in risky behavior, according to a new study. Children as young as 10 are at greater ...

Carlsbad has launched a new e-bike reporting portal to help residents report dangerous e-bike activity and to encourage ...

"Recent research provides some evidence that people increase risky behavior in response to facemask wearing and vaccines, but this is the first study to examine the behavioral responses to mandatory ...

A modern societal body standard that values both leanness and physical muscle tone is driving unhealthy exercise and eating ...

From climbing cliffs to speeding down highways, risk-taking has always been part of human nature—especially during adolescence. These years are a period of trial and error, when curiosity collides ...

For a teenager, sneaking a beer is one thing; shooting up heroin is quite another. Missing a parentally imposed curfew is almost expected; disappearing for days is heart-wrenching. There is risk, and ...

Last week, a group of parents strongly criticized prestigious Victorian private school Geelong Grammar for using isolation as ...