News tagged with suicide attacks

Pfizer anti-smoking drug has heart risks: US

US regulators said Thursday that the label on Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix must be changed to warn of a slightly higher risk of heart problems in patients who already have cardiovascular disease.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research may save lives in suicide bombings

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.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Collective religious rituals, not religious devotion, spur support for suicide attacks

In a new study in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologists Jeremy Ginges and Ian Hansen from the New School for Social Research along with psychologist Ara Norenzayan from t ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Short fasting cycles work as well as chemotherapy in mice

Man may not live by bread alone, but cancer in animals appears less resilient, judging by a study that found chemotherapy drugs work better when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Pot-based prescription drug looks for FDA OK

A quarter-century after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription drugs based on the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, additional medicines derived from or inspired by ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Briton with locked-in syndrome wants right to die

(AP) -- Former rugby player Tony Nicklinson had a high-flying job as a corporate manager in Dubai, where he went skydiving and bridge-climbing in his free time.

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US Army suicides down, sex assaults up

The Pentagon said Thursday the number of suicides in the US Army fell last year for the first time since 2004, but that sexual assaults increased.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

UK experts: Assisted suicide legally possible

An independent panel of experts in the U.K. says there is a strong case for changing British law to help terminally ill people die.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Growing US violent extremism by the numbers: UMD database

Over the past decade, attacks and plots by homegrown terrorists in the United States have increased, the work of extremists from across the political spectrum - roughly 40 percent of it by so-called 'lone ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Study suggests feelings of guilt may be a top factor in PTSD

A leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder is guilt that troops experience because of moral dilemmas faced in combat, according to preliminary findings of a study of active-duty Marines.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Depression in young people increases risk of heart disease mortality

The negative effects of depression in young people on the health of their hearts may be stronger than previously recognized. Depression or a history of suicide attempts in people younger than 40, especially young women, markedly ...

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created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Defining a cyberbully

"I was cyberbullied at age 40 by someone that tried to beat me up in high school," says a person posting on a website that chronicles stories of people intimidated through digital communications.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

No anthrax vaccine testing on children -- for now

Should the anthrax vaccine be tested in children? It will be a while longer before the government decides.

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created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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