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Study over 145-year period: Murder-suicides occur at home, in close relationships

(PhysOrg.com) -- After examining murder-suicides over a 145-year period, a Ball State research team has found the majority of such acts occur in the home and the perpetrator and victim are in an intimate relationship.

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Sociologist Says This Month's Family Murder-Suicides Only 'the Tip of the Iceberg'

(PhysOrg.com) -- A family sociologist at the University at Buffalo says this month's murder-suicides involving a family of four in Ohio and a family of five in California may be "just the tip of the iceberg."

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New forms of torture leave 'invisible scars', say researchers

Use of torture around the world has not diminished but the techniques used have grown more complex and sophisticated, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

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created Dec 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 81

BBC History Cold Case team solve mystery of Norwich bodies in the well

History Cold Case is returning for a second series on BBC TWO. In the third episode of this new series on Thursday, 14th July, 2011 at 9pm, investigators reveal the extraordinary possible reason that 17 skeletons were discovered ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Guns in the home provide greater health risk than benefit

Despite the fact that nearly one-third of American households have a firearm, studies show that having a gun in the home poses a household a greater health risk than a potential benefit. A new study released in the American Jo ...

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created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 134

Officials: 'Bath salts' are growing drug problem

(AP) -- When Neil Brown got high on dangerous chemicals sold as bath salts, he took his skinning knife and slit his face and stomach repeatedly. Brown survived, but authorities say others haven't been so ...

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created Jan 23, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 32

Study links bullying to depression, other adult ailments

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona family studies researchers report in the journal Developmental Psychology that high school students whose sexual orientation is at odds with social gender norms often find themselves victim ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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How German palliative care physicians act at the end of life

Discussions about end of life practices in Germany have been almost taboo for over half a century, but now intense debate is underway as professional bodies review their guidelines to physicians caring for the dying. A new ...

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created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Guns claim kids' lives in both urban, rural areas

(AP) -- Children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunshot as kids in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds.

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Fatal assaults 30 times higher among poor Scots than among most affluent

Fatal assaults among the most disadvantaged in Scotland are more than 30 times as high as they are among the most affluent sectors of society, reveals research published today in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community He ...

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Defeatism is undermining evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome can be treated

An air of defeatism exists within the medical profession about chronic fatigue syndrome that is undermining evidence that it can be treated, argue three senior doctors in this week's BMJ.

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Researchers pin down long-elusive protein that's essential to 'life as we know it'

A team of researchers is being recognized for devising a new way to study a human protein that long has evaded close scrutiny by scientists investigating its role in the communication of important genetic messages inside ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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