7.6
The number of years earlier that people with alcohol dependency die, compared with people with no history of alcohol addiction, according to a study of more than 250,000 patients published in European Psychiatry.
1/3
The share of high-achieving students who begin college with a science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) major but transfer to a non-STEM major before graduating, according to a study in the Journal of Technology and Science Education.
4.2
The number of days per month, on average, that women in the United States report having "poor mental health," according to the Institute for Women's Policy Research Status of Women in the States report. That number increased 11 percent between 2000 and 2013, the researchers found.
45%
The percentage of people with Alzheimer's disease, or their caregivers, who say their doctors revealed the diagnosis to them, according to The Alzheimer's Association's 2015 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report. That number is dramatically less than the more than 90 percent of people with common cancers who were told their diagnosis by their doctors. The report found that diagnostic uncertainty, a fear of causing emotional distress and a lack of good treatment options for Alzheimer's disease were among the many factors that led doctors to withhold the diagnosis.
13%
The percentage less that women who struggled with an eating disorder in their teens earn in adulthood, compared with those who did not struggle with an eating disorder, according to a study in the International Journal of Eating Disorders. Men diagnosed with an eating disorder in their teens did not have a later difference in earning power, the study found.