It's no secret that people vary in their pandemic risk perceptions. Source: Emily Parrish, used with permission. I’m sure you’ve noticed that people vary in their assessments of pandemic risks. It’s ...

Cigarettes are one of the deadliest products on the market—but the risks of alternatives are not always clearly understood.

Vaccines," Cleveland Clinic infectious disease specialist Donald Dumford III, MD, and host John Mangels continue their ...

The question of whether direct-to-consumer (DTC) personal genomic testing (PGT) will lead to effective preventative medicine instead of a “raiding of the medical commons” 1 or inappropriate changes to ...

(top) Reaction time vs. difference between acute deterioration risk of reference condition (prostate cancer) and various conditions. (bottom). Risk perception and spatial response are clearly related.

A person’s appetite for risk speaks volumes about them. Someone who likes to gamble is a risk seeker, while someone who doesn’t is risk averse. Risk preferences extend to many areas of life. Consider ...

Over the last five years Army Aviation has driven down Class A mishaps to less than one in 100,000 flight hours. One might ask, where do we go from here? Despite this success, we have to remain ...

Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team has developed a behavior-based safety assessment system capable of measuring construction workers' ability to perceive ...

"A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ships are for." –William G.T. Shedd Source: IMPhoto1/Shutterstock Life presents us with defining moments—opportunities to step forward into the unknown ...