Why do young people get cancer?

Why do people get fat: is adipose tissue guilty?

The prevalence of obesity within the UK is increasing. Comparable surveys conducted in 1980 and 1986/7 (Knight, 1983; Gregory el al. 1990) showed that, even in the more health-conscious 1980s, the proportion of men and women with body mass indices (BMI) greater than 30 rose from 6 to 8% (men) and from 8 to 12% (women). Interest in the question ‘Why do people get fat?’ is, therefore, as great as...

Why do cancer drugs get such an easy ride?

Unlike most other diseases, cancer instils a special fear and “is treated as an evil, invincible predator, not just a disease.” The ability of drug companies to charge very high prices, even when most approved cancer drugs provide little gain for patients, drives much of the research, as desperate patients lead some governments and private insurers to pay whatever companies charge. Officials wi...

Why do older people get less palliative care than younger people?

Why do young people drink? A review of drinking motives.

This article reviews evidence of adolescent and young adult drinking motives and their relation to possible consequences over the last 15 years. To this end, a computer-assisted search of relevant articles was conducted. Results revealed that most young people reported drinking for social motives, some indicated enhancement motives, and only a few reported coping motives. Social motives appear ...

Why do people riot?

London burning: Buildings in Tottenham, North London, on fire during the riots at the beginning of August. (Photo: PA Wire/Press Association Images.) The ‘English riots’ of this summer started in the North London suburb of Tottenham on Saturday 6th of August, following a peaceful demonstration protesting against the death of Mark Duggan, who had been shot by special police forces two days earli...