Study confirms suicide rates dropping
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Suicide rates among the youngest and   oldest Americans have steadily declined since the late 1980s,   U.S. researchers reported on Thursday in a finding that   contradicts popular conceptions that rates were rising.
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Death rates from cancer have   continued to drop in the United States, with Hispanics showing   lower-than-average rates of most cancers, according to the   latest statistics published on Wednesday.
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A U.S. report shows a rise in youth suicides after a decade of decline, with no clear explanation
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Rates of the most common form of breast cancer dropped from August 2002 to December 2003, researchers reported.
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People who stay just as active after age 70 as they did before are less likely to experience age-related declines in mental functioning, new study findings suggest.
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The suicide rate among young men in England and Wales is the lowest for 30 years, say researchers.
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A government scientist had concluded last year that most antidepressants are too dangerous for children because of a suicide risk and a new study appears to confirm his findings.
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Warnings from federal regulators four years ago that antidepressants were increasing the risk of suicidal behavior among young people led to a precipitous drop in the use of the drugs. Now a new study has found that the drop coincides with an unprecedented increase in the number of suicides among...
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Selling paracetamol and other painkillers in smaller packets  has drastically cut suicide rates, research suggests.
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As violent crime rates continue to drop, experts look for explanations  -  and signs of whether the decline is permanent
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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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Talk therapy can allay thoughts of suicide among seriously depressed teenagers who are taking an antidepressant drug and the combination of therapies is more effective than the drugs alone, a study said on Tuesday.
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The use of physical restraints on nursing home patients has dropped by nearly a quarter in two years and fewer residents report suffering from pain, according to a report released yesterday by the Bush administration.
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New Orleans' suicide rate appears to have gone up in the first six months after Hurricane Katrina evacuees were allowed back home, but the increase could be due to chance instead of post-storm depression, a study by Louisiana's epidemiologist says.
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Work is likely the last place an employee might go to seek help for depression, but employees who took part in a workplace intervention program had fewer symptoms and were far more productive, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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Cognitive behavior therapy appears to cancel the risk of suicidal thinking associated with taking antidepressant medication, says one study.
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NEW YORK  - Depressed older men are much less likely than depressed older women to recognize their depression and seek treatment for it, a study confirms.