Elderly at highest risk for suicide
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Not long after 72-year-old Anne Beale Golson had retired on disability from her job as a librarian, she put a stack of paid bills out for the mail, hung up a freshly pressed outfit and taped a note to the front of the house.
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Breast cancer survivors are 37  percent more likely to commit suicide than other women, and the  elevated risk persists for at least 25 years after diagnosis,  according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer  Institute.
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WASHINGTON -- Treatment with antidepressants increases the risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior in patients up to age 24, according to proposed changes to the drugs' labels unveiled Wednesday by health officials.
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Daily use of a common class of antidepressant may double the risk of fracture in people older than 50, a study reports.
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A study finds Scottish people from poor areas are more likely to kill themselves than those from affluent homes.
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While it may seem strange, what happened to you in the womb may affect your suicide risk later in life. That&#39;s the conclusion of a study in the Sept.
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People with epilepsy are three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population, research suggests.
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Elderly people who walk the most have the best mental function, according to two new studies in the Sept. 22/29 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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TUESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- A new study adds to growing evidence that antipsychotic drugs raise death rates among elderly people, who are sometimes given them when their behavioral problems become too much for doctors or families to handle.
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THURSDAY, Oct. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Rates of mental health problems among elderly assisted living residents are higher than expected, says an Indiana University study in the October issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
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New research suggests that suicide risk factors are heightened in rural areas by social isolation, lack of mental health care and the easy availability of guns.
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NEW YORK  - Helping frail older people to see more clearly may put them at increased risk of falls, according to a new study from Australia.
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A study published in today&#39;s Journal of the American Medical Association, indicates that elderly men who have been exposed to high levels of lead are 3.2 times morely likely to develop cataracts than those who have not had similar exposure.
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Boys who are short at birth have double the risk of suicide as adults, according to a study.
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That&#39;s the conclusion of a study in the most recent issue of The Lancet that found if you were born to a teenage mother or had a low birth weight, the odds are higher that you might commit suicide as a teenager or young adult.
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SUNDAY, Feb. 3 (HealthDay News) --  In the United States, about one in three seniors over age 65, and almost one in two over age 80, will fall at least once this year -- in some cases, leading to serious disability or even death.
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World Health Organisation figures show a suicide takes place somewhere in the world every 40 seconds.