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August 2007
- Nowak to Argue Temporary Insanity
  
  Orlando Sentinel | Aug 28, 07 4:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak will plead temporary insanity if she goes to trial on kidnapping and assault charges next month. A notice her lawyer filed today says she was experiencing a major depressive disorder when she attacked her ex-lover's girlfriend at the Orlando airport in February, the Sentinel reports. More »
  
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  kidnapping • trial • astronauts • depression • assault • Lisa Nowak • insanity
- Army Suicides Climb; Rate Highest in 26 Years
  
  Associated Press | Aug 16, 07 10:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - American soldiers are killing themselves at the highest rate since the Persian Gulf War, the AP reports. Statistics out today show 99 active-duty soldiers committed suicide in 2006, both the highest single number and the highest rate per deployed since 1991. The problem was worst in Iraq, the most common deployment location for attempts and suicides. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Afghanistan • US Army • military • suicide • depression • soldier • mental health • suicide rate
- Scientists Find Switch to Turn On Brain Cells
  
  New York Times | Aug 14, 07 3:21 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Neuroscientists are experimenting with switching targeted groups of brain cells on and off using remote-controlled lasers, promising hope for treatment of mental disorders, reports the New York Times . The technique, using cells altered with a photo-sensitive protein called channelrhodopsin-2, could one day be used to treat a host of problems from autism to depression. More »
  
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  depression • brain • MIT • autism • Duke University • neurology • Emory University
- Breast Implants Linked to Triple Suicide Rate
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 8, 07 6:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Women with breast-enlarging implants have a suicide rate three times higher than average, a new medical study has found. Deaths linked to mental problems, such as alcohol abuse, were also three times higher among women undergoing the increasingly popular cosmetic procedure, the Los Angeles Times reports . Suicides rose sharply after the first decade following surgery. More »
  
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  suicide • depression • surgery • cosmetic surgery • beauty • breast implants • suicide rate
July 2007
- Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers
  
  CNN | Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »
  
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  medicine • doctor • depression • blood pressure • prescription drugs • pharmaceutical companies • antidepressant • CDC • government study
June 2007
- Americans Go Abroad, Online for New Diet Pill
  
  Bloomberg | Jun 11, 07 8:21 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The weight loss drug Acomplia is stuck in FDA limbo, but that isn't stopping Americans from ordering it off the Internet or buying it in Europe, where it's legal. If the government rules that its lowering of weight and cholesterol balances out the possible side effects, including suicide and depression, Acomplia could be worth billions to manufacturer Sanofi-Aventis. More »
  
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  medicine • FDA • suicide • depression • weight loss • obesity epidemic • cholesterol • diet pills • Sanofi Aventis • Acomplia
- Genes Give Up Secrets of 7 Serious Diseases
  
  BBC | Jun 7, 07 8:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - In an outcome one scientist describes as a "new dawn," researchers have identified genetic variations linked to seven common diseases, opening the door to improved tests and treatments. The study, which focused on depression, Crohn's disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and Type 1 and 2 diabetes, also found unexpected links between some of the ailments. More »
  
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  health • medicine • heart disease • disease • genetics • diabetes • depression • hypertension • rheumatoid arthritis • Crohn's disease
April 2007
- Suicide Takes A Communal Turn
  
  Atlantic Monthly | Apr 23, 07 2:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Of all the things initiated in anonymous online chat rooms, group suicide has to be the most macabre. David Samuels explores why hundreds of Japanese adults, previously unknown to each other, have gathered to die together in small groups, often asphyxiating themselves in cars by carefully placing charcoal burners to suck the oxygen out of the air. More »
  
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  Japan • suicide • death • depression • chat room • group suicide
- Bacteria Battle Depression
  
  Economist | Apr 6, 07 8:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Clinical depression may be treatable with bacteria, doctors at Bristol University posit. They got the idea when they observed lung cancer patients inoculated with harmless Mycobacterium vaccae who showed reduced symptoms and improved mental health. The brain produces serotonin as an immune response, the docs hypothesized, raising the low serotonin levels associated with depression and resulting in a sunnier outlook. More »
  
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  health • medicine • science • medical research • depression • research • medical breakthrough • mental health • vaccine • stress • antidepressant • bacteria • immune system • vaccination • serotonin
- Depression Causes Preemies
  
  Financial Times (UK) | Apr 4, 07 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Most new mothers with post-partum depression are ill long before their babies are born, the first study of clinical depression during pregnancy has found. The research, conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, shows that depression, triggered by a natural increase in stress hormones during pregnancy, is a "hidden" cause of infant mortality, the FT reports. More »
  
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  health • children • medicine • pregnancy • depression • baby • stress • antidepressant • psychiatry • infant mortality • prescription • post partum depression
- Docs Too Quick to Cry Depression
  
  Washington Post | Apr 3, 07 6:58 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Shrinks are too quick to term patients clinically depressed, says a new study reported in the Washington Post . Researchers argue that a quarter of "acute grief reactions," the standard symptom of depression, may in fact constitute normal responses to stress; they blame the bloated psychopharmaceutical industry, in part, for the inaccurate triage. More »
  
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  health • medicine • disease • depression • mental illness • stress • psychiatry • patients • grief
March 2007
- Britney: It Was All Postpartum Depression
  
  CBS | Mar 11, 07 1:56 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Britney Spears is doing time in rehab, but she's not toeing the line on why she's there. Spies at the pricey Promises clinic tell US Weekly that she caved to pressure from her family and manager to check herself in, but she's not copping to a substance abuse problem. More »
  
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  celebrity • health • Britney Spears • depression • rehab • patient • post partum depression • Promises Treatment Centers

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