Salt Lake City: Truck drivers who are frequently fatigued after work, use cell phones while driving, or have an elevated pulse pressure – a potential predictor of cardiovascular disease - may be at increased risk for getting into truck accidents, according to a study by the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of Utah and published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

Texas: It could begin online, where your 13-year-old son makes new “friends” while playing the latest game. Or, it could begin when your 15-year-old daughter catches the glance of an older guy at the mall.

Bloomington: Research from Indiana University has found that sexual activity triggers physiological changes in the body that increase a woman’s chances of getting pregnant, even outside the window of ovulation.

Washington: Teenage girls who compulsively text are more likely than their male counterparts to do worse academically, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Washington: How happy you are may have something to do with who you know—and where you come from. Lijun Song, assistant professor of sociology, set out to discover whether knowing high-status people helped or harmed mental health, using depressive symptoms as a proxy. Her findings appeared in the recent issue of Social Science and Medicine.

Washington: For years social scientists have grappled with the question of why men receive far more media coverage than women, and now a new study reveals the answer.