http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Unlike other forms of suicide, physician assisted death does not cause substantial regret, or a sense of rejection among surviving family members. In addition, the prevalence and severity of depression and grief among family members whose loved ones received aid in dying is no different than family members whose loved ones did not pursue physician assisted suicide. These findings are the result of a study conducted by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University and published online this week in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. http://www.physorg.com/news173553170.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:50:01 EST news173553170 Dr Alex Mesoudi, from Queen Mary's newly established Research Centre for Psychology, has found evidence that the increasing reach and influence of the media, combined with a growing number of people assigned celebrity status, could increase the probability of widespread suicide pandemics. The study is published today in the peer reviewed journal PLoS ONE. http://www.physorg.com/news173526475.html Medicine & Health Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:48:49 EST news173526475 In older age groups, repeated suicide attempts constitute an increased risk for completed suicide in depressed women, while severe attempts constitute an increased risk for depressed men. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry studied suicide attempts in 100 patients who committed suicide and in an age- and sex-matched control group, investigating the effects of age on suicidal behaviour, as a risk factor for accomplished suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news173384934.html Medicine & Health Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:29:19 EST news173384934 There is a strong relationship between drinking and taking one's own life. In any given year, people with alcohol dependence (AD) commit more than 20 percent of suicides in the general population; some 80 to 90 percent of AD suicides are by men, mostly white. A new look at suicide and alcohol has found that both attempted and completed suicides occur at greater rates in rural communities with greater bar densities. http://www.physorg.com/news172513898.html Medicine & Health Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:40:01 EST news172513898 (AP) -- More than 8 million Americans seriously consider suicide each year, according to a new government study. http://www.physorg.com/news172389839.html Medicine & Health Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:20:01 EST news172389839 Every 16 minutes, an American commits suicide. It's the 11th leading cause of death in this country, a fact being widely noted during National Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 6-12. And now researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are looking deep inside the brain for ways to determine the reasons people commit suicide - and identify those most likely to attempt it. http://www.physorg.com/news171736852.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:41:47 EST news171736852 A nurse intervention program that helps sexually exploited runaway girls re-connect to family, school and health care reduces trauma and restores healthy behaviors, according to a new study led by University of British Columbia researcher Elizabeth Saewyc and Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota nurse practitioner Laurel Edinburgh. http://www.physorg.com/news170494322.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:32:52 EST news170494322 Although Asian-Americans as a group have lower rates of thinking about and attempting suicide than the national average, U.S.-born Asian-American women seem to be particularly at risk for suicidal behavior, according to new University of Washington research. http://www.physorg.com/news169743136.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:02 EST news169743136 Although depression is the mental disorder that most people associate with suicidal behavior, a new study reveals that a wide range of mental disorders increase the odds of thinking about suicide and making suicide attempts. Whereas depression is indeed one of the strongest predictors of suicidal thoughts across many different countries, it is disorders characterized by anxiety and poor impulse-control that best predict which people act on such thoughts -- especially in developing countries, says a multi-country study published in this week's open access journal PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news169188082.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:42:31 EST news169188082 (PhysOrg.com) -- Like clockwork, brain regions in many songbird species expand and shrink seasonally in response to hormones. Now, for the first time, University of Washington neurobiologists have interrupted this natural "annual remodeling" of the brain and have shown that there is a direct link between the death of old neurons and their replacement by newly born ones in a living vertebrate. http://www.physorg.com/news169131844.html Medicine & Health Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:04:36 EST news169131844 (AP) -- Economic woes are weighing heavily on some Americans - so much so that the federal government is boosting financial support for suicide prevention centers around the nation. http://www.physorg.com/news168765369.html Medicine & Health Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:50:01 EST news168765369 The international media report that citizens from across the world are travelling, or seeking to travel, to Switzerland, where they hope to be helped to die. But this 'suicide tourism' presents distinctive ethical, legal and practical challenges. http://www.physorg.com/news168264191.html Other Sciences Fri, 31 Jul 2009 13:03:33 EST news168264191 A British multiple sclerosis sufferer won a landmark victory Thursday in her long-running legal battle to clarify the law on assisted suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news168192508.html Medicine & Health Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:08:53 EST news168192508 The number of people killed by individuals suffering from mental illness in England and Wales increased between 1997 and 2005, figures released today show. The rise occurred in people who were not under mental health care and was not found in mental health patients. http://www.physorg.com/news168030377.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:06:44 EST news168030377 (PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to popular belief, more Americans commit suicide in summer than in winter, and the day of the week when individuals are more likely to take their own lives has shifted from Monday to Wednesday, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found. http://www.physorg.com/news166285808.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:31:19 EST news166285808 Market crashes could lead to rises in homicides and suicides, unless governments invest in labour market protections, according to a study published in today's Lancet. http://www.physorg.com/news166252347.html Medicine & Health Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:12:41 EST news166252347 University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief predicted that the adolescents' would engage in risky behaviors. http://www.physorg.com/news165473786.html Medicine & Health Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:56:53 EST news165473786 (PhysOrg.com) -- Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the weapons of suicide bombers, are a major cause of soldier casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan. A group of University of Michigan engineering undergraduate students have developed a new way to detect them. http://www.physorg.com/news165069822.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:44:08 EST news165069822 People with schizophrenia die from cancer four times as often as people in the general population. That was the conclusion of a new study published in the August 1, 2009 issue of Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that extra efforts should be made to improve cancer prevention and early detection in patients with schizophrenia. http://www.physorg.com/news164878421.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:35:10 EST news164878421 (PhysOrg.com) -- Withdrawal of the painkiller co-proxamol from use in the UK has led to a major reduction in suicides and accidental poisonings involving the drug, research led by Oxford University has shown. http://www.physorg.com/news164632143.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:09:50 EST news164632143 Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychiatric conditions, sedatives and hypnotics were both associated with an increased risk of suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news163316246.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:38:16 EST news163316246 Danish children who move frequently appear to have an increased risk of attempted or completed suicide between ages 11 and 17, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news163092971.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:38:07 EST news163092971 Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have identified a gene that may play a key role in regulating tumor progression in neuroblastoma, a form of cancer usually found in young children. Scientists hope the finding could lead to an effective therapy to inhibit the expression of this gene. http://www.physorg.com/news163089207.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:33:47 EST news163089207 (AP) -- Linda Fleming was diagnosed with terminal cancer and feared her last days would be filled with pain and ever-stronger doses of medication that would erode her mind. http://www.physorg.com/news162396148.html Medicine & Health Sun, 24 May 2009 15:06:59 EST news162396148 Multiple social factors, including discrimination and harassment, may contribute to an increased risk of suicidal feelings among adolescents who feel that they are overweight, a Georgia State University researcher says. http://www.physorg.com/news161965513.html Medicine & Health Tue, 19 May 2009 15:26:05 EST news161965513 Suicide rates in Greenland increase during the summer, peaking in June. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry speculate that insomnia caused by incessant daylight may be to blame. http://www.physorg.com/news160944314.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 19:45:30 EST news160944314 Adolescents and young adults typically consider peer relationships to be all important. However, it appears that strong family support, not peer support, is protective in reducing future suicidal behavior among young adults when they have experienced depression or have attempted suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news158854126.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:10:15 EST news158854126 Most males who commit suicide or need hospital care for suicide attempts during their teen or early adult years appear to have high levels of psychiatric problems at age 8, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, later suicide attempts in females are not predicted by mental health issues at this age. http://www.physorg.com/news158254753.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:40:03 EST news158254753 Florida Institute of Technology researchers have determined that where a person is standing in a room or other location during a suicide terrorist attack can have a great bearing on survival and injuries. http://www.physorg.com/news157045387.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:43:46 EST news157045387 Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) -but not exposure to traumatic events without the development of PTSD -may be associated with subsequent attempted suicide in young adults, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry. http://www.physorg.com/news155235531.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:59:20 EST news155235531