Figures suggest new increase in U.S. Army suicides
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As many as 121 U.S. soldiers may have committed suicide in 2007, a record number if confirmed, according to Army statistics released on Thursday.
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The number of inmates killing themselves in prisons in England and Wales rose significantly in 2007, figures show.
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American officials say a streak of crashes strongly suggests that insurgents are putting more effort into shooting down aircraft.
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The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans has reached its highest point in at least 25 years, a new government report said Thursday.
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A new survey conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Columbia University School of Nursing and Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad suggests that civilian deaths have risen dramatically in Iraq since the country
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NEW YORK  - Physicians -- especially female  physicians -- face a higher suicide risk than the general  population, according to a new report.
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NEW YORK  - A new study adds to evidence  that women with cosmetic breast implants have a higher rate of  suicide than other women and shows, for the first time, that  they may be more likely to have a history of psychiatric  illness as well.
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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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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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The toll of Americans presumed dead in the South Asian tsunami has more than doubled as the State Department announced Wednesday that 20 more people were added to the list of those known previously to have perished.
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The Russian government says more servicemen died from suicide or in accidents than in the line of duty this year.
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To boost troop strength, the Army and Marine Corps are issuing more "moral waivers," allowing in more soldiers with criminal records and other problems
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US war veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than ordinary civilians, a study suggests.
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Evidence emerges of increasing concern over the scale of British army casualties in southern Afghanistan.
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BAGHDAD - Civilian deaths rose in August to their second-highest monthly level this year, according to figures compiled yesterday by the Associated Press. That raises questions about whether US strategy is working days before Congress receives landmark reports that will decide the course of the war.
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The increase prompted the U.S. to renew calls for more transparency about the intent of Chinaâs arms buildup.
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Americans have opened nearly 1,000 new graves to bury U.S. troops killed in Iraq since Memorial Day a year ago. The figure is telling &#151; and expected to rise in coming months.