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To put an end to suicide bombings, the United States needs a new strategy that would reposition troops and work with local allies to boost their fighting capacity, contends Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and
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Mentally ill individuals who go through a specialized court system instead of the criminal justice system are less likely to be arrested again, new research hints. The study suggests that these so-called mental health courts “can achieve the public safety
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Using electrodes to stimulate areas deep within the brain may be able to help patients with severe obsessive compulsive disorder OCD who do not respond to any other kinds of treatment, Dutch scientists said on Monday. In a study of
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Interactive gaming devices can cause a broad range of injuries, from abrasions and sprains to shoulder, ankle and foot injuries, according to research presented Monday, Oct. 4, at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) National Conference and Exhibition in San
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Thin men may be more likely to attempt suicide than those who are overweight, according to a new study that confirms a puzzling link between body weight and suicide risk. The first investigation to find a link between body mass
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British scientists have found the first direct evidence that attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a genetic disorder and say their research could eventually lead to better treatments for the condition. Researchers who scanned the gene maps of more than 1,400 children
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For a number of years, gas prices in the United States have been fluctuating – at times reaching more than $4 – and this fluctuation has significantly affected American’s disposable income. Dinesh Gauri, an assistant professor of marketing in the
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A recent study revealed that men might connect strongly to publicity campaigns about depression and suicide, particularly when they have options for anonymous help. In Regensburg, Germany, a two-year intervention campaign resulted in a marked drop in male suicides. When
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Suicide rates may be higher up where the air is thinner, hints a new study. Further, researchers found that the effect of elevation was strong even after accounting for ratios of guns to people, as well as people to land.
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Suicide rates for middle-aged people are edging up – particularly for white men without college degrees – and a combination of poor health and a poor economy may be driving it, U.S. researchers said on Monday. Middle-aged people usually have
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While many young adults will share the details of their daily lives with dozens – sometimes hundreds – of friends on Facebook, communicating with their health care providers about mental illness is another story. “Roughly one in every five young
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Robert Zucker, Ph.D., director of the University of Michigan Addiction Research Center, and the Substance Abuse Section in the Department of Psychiatry, has been named recipient of the 31st annual Research Society on Alcoholism Distinguished Researcher Award. The award is
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