Kids' suicides rise, CDC report finds
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New government figures show a surprising increase in youth suicides after a decade of decline, and some mental health experts think a drop in use of antidepressant drugs may be to blame.
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NEW YORK - The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims.
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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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Physicians -- especially female physicians -- face a higher suicide risk than the general population, according to a new report.
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The nation's accidental death rate has been gradually creeping higher and is up 12 percent compared to the lowest rate on record, in 1992, according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council.
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Children who take the anti-depressant Prozac are at greater risk of attempting suicide, say US experts.
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The use of some antidepressant drugs appears linked to an increase in suicidal behavior in some children and teen-agers, a U.S. advisory panel concluded on Tuesday.
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The suicide rate for young people increased for the first time in nearly 15 years. What's going on? And what do worried parents need to watch out for?
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Media & professional: The number of prescriptions for antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs given to children under 16 has more than quadrupled in the last decade.
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Health researchers have found a strong association between higher body mass index and a lower risk of suicide.
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The number of American children and adolescents treated for bipolar disorder increased 40-fold from 1994 to 2003.
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The number of children taking antidepressants has dropped dramatically since the Food and Drug Administration cautioned that the drugs can provoke suicidal behavior, according to a study.
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Top officials acknowledged for the first time that antidepressants appeared to lead some children to become suicidal.
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A Food and Drug Administration reexamination of data linking the pediatric use of some antidepressants to increased suicidal tendencies has once again found a connection.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 30 (HealthDayNews) --  More kids are heading toward heart trouble, the American Heart Association reported Thursday in its annual assessment of cardiovascular disease, the top killer in the United States.
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NEW YORK  - The number of young Americans diagnosed with bipolar disorder has risen dramatically in recent years, according to a new study.