News tagged with suicide
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Use of certain anticonvulsant medications may be associated with increased risk of suicide
An analysis of prescription and clinical claims data suggests that the use of certain anticonvulsant medications may be associated with an increased risk of suicide, attempted suicide or violent death, according to a study ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Apr 13, 2010 |
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Measuring the suicidal mind
Following the suicide of a relative or close friend, surviving family members and friends are left with a number of painful questions: "What made them do it?," "Why didn't they get help?" The most troublesome question is ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 12, 2010 |
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Simple test can detect signs of suicidal thoughts in people taking antidepressants
(PhysOrg.com) -- UCLA researchers have developed a non-invasive biomarker that may serve as a type of early warning system for doctors and patients.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Paired drugs kill precancerous colon polyps, spare normal tissue
A two-drug combination destroys precancerous colon polyps with no effect on normal tissue, opening a new potential avenue for chemoprevention of colon cancer, a team of scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson ...
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Study examines impact of education, income on support for suicide bombings
Conventional wisdom holds that supporters of suicide bombers are people with low educational attainment and income, so investments in education and economic development should reduce support for such attacks. But a study ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 23, 2010 |
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Motherhood appears to protect against suicide
Motherhood appears to protect against suicide, with increasing numbers of children associated with decreasing rates of death from suicide, found an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Mar 22, 2010 |
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New study could help predict suicidal behaviour in older adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- Focussing too much on the present and not using past experience to make decisions could be linked to suicide in elderly depressed adults, researchers from Cambridge and Pittsburgh have found. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 15, 2010 |
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Discovery of cellular 'switch' may provide new means of triggering cell death, treating disease
A research team led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has discovered a previously unknown cellular "switch" that may provide researchers with a new means of triggering programmed cell death, findings ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 11, 2010 |
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New study reveals prevalence of cyberbullying and its psychological impact on nonheterosexual youth
Schools are typically on guard against students who bully by inflicting repeated violence on other students. But technology has given rise to a relatively new form of bullying which inflicts emotional harm in a stealth manner, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Do men with early prostate cancer commit suicide more frequently?
The introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing as a screening tool for early detection of prostate cancer (PCa) in the beginning of the 1990s drastically increased the detection of PCa. The risk of suicide is ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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UK publishes new rules for assisted suicide
(AP) -- Britain's top prosecutor published new guidelines Thursday spelling out what types of assisted suicide cases were more likely to face prosecution, keeping the practice illegal but finding some leeway for suspects ...
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Are young children prone to suicide? Signs to watch for
The story hit like a punch to the gut. Montana Lance, a 9-year-old with a toothy grin and a love of anything mechanical, had apparently committed suicide in a restroom at his elementary school in The Colony, Texas.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2010 |
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Cultures of suicide
(PhysOrg.com) -- A UQ researcher has surveyed and interviewed students across three continents to understand the social representations, values, beliefs, attitudes and meanings associated with youth suicide.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 09, 2010 |
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Scientists discover novel materials approach to fighting cancer (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center are shaking up the world of materials science and cancer research on the cover of the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 08, 2010 |
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Youth who self-identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual at higher suicide risk
Mental health professionals have long-known that gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. However, a group of McGill ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 05, 2010 |
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