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Taking Ozempic or Wegovy Does Not Increase Risk for Mental Health Issues, Study Finds
Researchers find no link between semaglutide, the main ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, and depression, suicidal thoughts or behaviors in patients with no prior history of the conditions.
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U.S. Suicide Death Rate Is Rising Again
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 26, 2024
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U.S. suicide rates are ticking back upward again after a dip during the pandemic, new statistics show.
Suicide deaths per 100,000 people had fallen from 14.2 recorded in the pre-pandemic year of 2018 to 13.5 in 2020.
However, by 2022, the latest year for which sta...
988 Mental Health Crisis Calls Now Link to Caller Location, Not Area Code
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- September 25, 2024
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In a move that could mean more Americans in crisis get help and get it quickly, federal officials announced Tuesday that major cellphone carriers now have the technology to direct 988 callers to local mental health services based on their location instead of their area code.
Many Former NFL Players Believe They Have CTE, Raising Suicide Risk
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 23, 2024
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One in three former NFL players believe they have football-related brain damage that’s doing untold harm to their lives, a new study finds.
Unfortunately, their fears might be harming their mental health on top of whatever risks they face from
It's High Number of Guns, Not Mental Health Crises, That Drives U.S. Gun Deaths: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 11, 2024
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Widespread and easy access to guns is the reason behind the shockingly high rate of firearm deaths in the United States, and not any rise in mental health problems suffered by perpetrators, a new study shows.
The United States has the same burden of mental health disorde...
U.S. Suicide Rates Rise in Less Affluent Areas
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- September 10, 2024
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An analysis of where suicides are occurring in the United States shows that, tragically, location matters.
People living in poorer areas with fewer resources are significantly more likely to fall victim to suicide versus those living in more affluent areas, new data from...
Ozempic, Wegovy Won't Raise User's Suicide Risk, Study Finds
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- September 3, 2024
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The booming popularity of the weight-loss drug semaglutide has prompted increasing concerns about potential side effects from taking Ozempic or
Female Doctors Face Higher Risk for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 22, 2024
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Suicide rates among female doctors are significantly higher than those of the general population, a new study finds.
Female doctors hav...
Text Message Program Helps Teens at Risk for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 16, 2024
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Kids considering suicide after receiving mental health care at a hospital can be helped by automated text messages that help them feel hopeful and supported, a new study finds.
Children receiving the texts as part of a program called Caring Contacts said they felt more p...
Are Celebrity Suicides 'Contagious' Among Regular Folk?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- August 1, 2024
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Celebrity suicides seem to be contagious, prompting everyday folks to consider the same, a new study suggests.
The 2014 suicide death of comedian Robin Williams caused a thousand-fold increase in the risk of suicidal thoughts, reflected in a spike in calls to what was th...
Suicides Among Kids Ages 8 to 12 Are Rising, Especially Among Girls
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- July 30, 2024
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The kids are not alright.
New data shows a troubling 8% annual increase in the number of American children ages 8 to 12 who died by suicide, with the sharpest increase seen among girls.
Suicide has now become the fifth leading cause of death among both male and fem...
Most U.S. Youth Who Die by Suicide Don't Have Diagnosed Mental Health Issue
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- July 30, 2024
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Three out of five young people who die by suicide don’t have any prior mental health diagnosis, a new study finds.
People are missing the telltale signs that children, ...
Two Years Later, 988 Crisis Line Has Answered 10 Million Requests
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- July 17, 2024
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Just two years after the launch of the nation's three-digit crisis hotline, more than 10 million calls, texts and chat messages have been fielded by counselors, U.S. health officials announced Tuesday.
Too Often, Overdose Survivors Miss Out on Vital Treatments: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 19, 2024
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Most seniors who survive a drug overdose often miss out on treatments that could help save them from a subsequent OD, a new study shows.
Almost 24,000 Medicaid beneficiaries died from a follow-up overdose out of 137,000 who survived an OD in 2020, researchers say. That's...
Surgeon General Calls for Warning Labels on Social Media Sites
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- June 17, 2024
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The U.S. Surgeon General announced Monday that he will push for warning labels on all social media platforms, stating that they may harm teens' mental health.
"The mental health crisis among young people is an emergency -- and social media has emerged as an important con...
Loaded, Unlocked Guns Common in American Homes, Study Finds
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- June 14, 2024
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In half of American homes containing a loaded gun, that gun is kept unsecured and ready for potential use, often with children in the home, new research shows.
The finding is especially troubling given the link between gun accessibility and accidental child deaths, as we...
Almost 1 in 3 Americans Know Someone Who's Died From a Drug Overdose
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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As the opioid addiction crisis continues to lay waste to American life, a new survey finds that nearly a third of U.S. adults now know someone who's died of a drug overdose.
Conducted in the spring of 2023, the survey of 2,300 Americans found 32% saying they'd dealt with...
Suicidal Impulses May Peak During Restless Nights
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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The wee hours of the morning could be the most dangerous for someone on the brink of suicide or homicide, a new study shows.
There's a five-fold greater risk for suicide and an eight-fold greater risk for homicide between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. for those
Amsterdam's 'Psychiatric Ambulance' Could Be Advance For Those in Mental Health Crisis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2024
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Ambulances meant for people having a mental health crisis could help folks get the care they need with less confrontation and friction, a new...
Suicide Rates Among Cancer Patients Are Falling
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- May 30, 2024
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Even as suicide rates have risen among Americans generally, one group appears to be bucking that trend: People diagnosed with cancer.
Experts are crediting improved access to counseling and other "psychosocial care" with easing the emotional toll of cancer and keeping m...
Recent Release From Jail a Big Risk Factor for Suicide
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 15, 2024
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Inmates released from jail have a ninefold increased risk of suicide within the following year, compared to people who've never been incarcerated, new research shows.
"Suicide prevention efforts should focus on people who have spent at least one night in jail in the past...
'Feeling Like a Burden' Can Be Motivator for Suicide in Preteens
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 15, 2024
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Quiet preteens who feel they're a burden on others are more likely to have suicidal thoughts and behaviors, a new study reports.
Criticism from parents or caregivers also increased the likelihood of suicidal thoughts and behaviors, researchers found.
Preteen girls ...
Black and Native Americans Hit Hardest by 'Deaths of Despair'
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 10, 2024
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More middle-aged Black and Native Americans are now falling prey to "deaths of despair"than whites, a new study finds.
These deaths -- from suicide, drug overdose and alcoholic liver disease -- initially had been more common among whites.
But a new analysis has det...
Suicide Rates Have Doubled in 20 Years Among U.S. College Athletes
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- April 5, 2024
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Suicides among U.S. college athletes have doubled over the past two years, according to data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Suicide is now the second most common cause of death for college athletes after accidents, results show.
"Athletes...
Steady Rise in U.S. Suicides Among Adolescents, Teens
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 29, 2024
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U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows.
During those two decades, over 47,000 Americans between the ages 10 and 19 lost their lives to suicide, the report found, and there have been sharp increases ...
High Rate of Suicidal Thoughts Among Black Men in Rural America: Study
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- March 28, 2024
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Suicidal thoughts and contemplation of death haunt the minds of many rural Black men in the United States, a new study reports.
One in three rural Black men said they had such dark thoughts within the past two weeks, University of Georgia researchers found.
These t...
ADHD Meds Cut Odds for Early Death, Especially by Overdose
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- March 12, 2024
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People diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) show a marked decline in their two-year risk for death once they start taking medication, new research shows.
That w...
Permissive Gun Laws Linked to Higher Suicide Rates
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- March 12, 2024
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When states let gun owners carry a firearm openly without a permit, death rates soar.
Significantly more people died by firearms and suicides in states that have relaxed open carry laws, a nine-year study of death data from all 50 states shows.
"Our analysis ...
Stressed Parents Could Mean More Self-Harm by Kids
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 29, 2024
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Teens have a higher risk of self-injury -- deliberately cutting or burning themselves -- if they have a fraught relationship with a struggling parent, a new study shows.
Teenagers were nearly five times more likely to self-injure if, when they were 6, their moms and dads...
1 in 5 People Who Attempt Suicide Have No Prior Mental Illness
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 27, 2024
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One out of every five adults who attempt suicide never met the criteria for a mental illness by the time the attempt happened, new research shows.
"This finding challenges clinical notions of who is at risk for suicidal behavior and raises questions about the safety of l...
Mental Health Issues a Prime Driver of Deaths for New Moms: Study
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- February 26, 2024
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Data from dozens of studies supports the notion that mental health crises are a big factor behind rising rates of maternal deaths during and around pregnancy in the United States.
"We need to bring this to the attention of the public and policymakers to demand action to ...
Patients With Depression Face Highest Risk for Suicide in Days After Hospital Discharge
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 20, 2024
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People treated at psychiatric hospitals are at highest risk of committing suicide immediately after their discharge if they suffer from depression, a new study reports.
Patients hospitalized for depression are hundreds of times more likely to commit suicide within the fi...
Access to Opioids Could Be Boosting Suicide Rates
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 19, 2024
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Increased access to prescription opioids has driven up U.S. suicide rates by making it easier to women to end their lives, a new study claims.
The study also blames a shrinking federal safety net during tough economic times for rising suicide rates.
"We contend tha...
Cutting U.S. Homelessness by 25% Could Prevent 2,000 Opioid Deaths Each Year
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- February 8, 2024
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Reducing homelessness by 25% could save nearly 2,000 lives lost each year to opioid overdoses, a new study estimates.
It also could save 850 lives from alcohol poisoning and 540 from cocaine overdoses, researchers from the University of Georgia estimate.
This is th...
High School Kids Who Use Weed, Alcohol Face Higher Risks for Suicidal Thoughts
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 29, 2024
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High school students who smoke, drink or use weed are more likely to be emotionally troubled and have suicidal thoughts, a new study finds.
Teens who turn to nicotine, alcohol or marijuana are more likely to think about suicide, feel depressed or anxious, have psychotic ...
Social Withdrawal in Kids, Teens May Signal Higher Suicide Risk Later: Study
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2024
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If your preteen or teen skips school activities and social events, it may be more than the typically moody behavior of adolescence, new research warns.
Being socially withdrawn and having physical discomforts such as headaches, nausea or stomachaches as a preteen may boo...
FDA Finds No Link to Suicide With Drugs Like Wegovy, Ozempic
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- January 12, 2024
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Drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic, which have become a wildly popular way to lose weight or battle diabetes, show no link to suicidal thoughts or actions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
"Our preliminary evaluation has not found evidence that use of thes...
Pregnancy-Linked Depression Raises Odds for Suicide Years After Delivery
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- January 9, 2024
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Depression that emerges around the time of pregnancy raises a woman's risk for suicide sharply and for many years, new Swedish research shows.
The study found that a new mom's odds for suicide soars seven-fold in the year after a diagnosis of perinatal depression -- depr...
Study Shows No Sign Ozempic, Wegovy Raise Odds for Suicidal Thoughts
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- January 5, 2024
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Folks who take Ozempic or Wegovy for diabetes and weight loss need not worry about a higher risk of suicidal thoughts or feelings while on the medications, a new, large review finds.
In the study, which was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, researchers tu...
Vietnam War Veterans at No Higher Risk for Suicide: Study
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 29, 2023
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The Vietnam war was a traumatic event in American history, most especially for those who served.
However, there's a glimmer of good news from recent research: Suicide rates for Vietnam veterans over the past four decades were no higher than that of the general population...
Suicide Risk May Fluctuate With the Menstrual Cycle
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 15, 2023
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Most women know that their menstrual cycle can affect their mood. Now, new research suggests suicidal thoughts may peak at certain points during the monthly cycle.
The finding could have an upside, helping people pinpoint when they might be most vulnerable to suicide, so...
Suicide Rates Have Risen Steadily for Black Girls and Women
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 8, 2023
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Suicide rates for Black women and girls ages 15 to 24 have more than doubled over the past two decades, a new report finds.
"Suicides are rapidly increasingly among young, Black females in the U.S.,"said study first author
Opioid Crisis May Be Driving Surge in Youth Suicides
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- December 5, 2023
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Suicide rates for Americans under the age of 18 are rising at unprecedented rates, and a new report points to a likely culprit: The ongoing epidemic of opioid abuse.
It's not that more kids and teens became abusers of opioids, it's that conditions in their environments w...
U.S. Gun Suicides Keep Rising; Now Make Up Half of All Suicides
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 30, 2023
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The latest national data show that when it comes to suicide, Americans are increasingly resorting to firearms as their method of choice.
An analysis by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that of the nearly 50,000 suicides recorded in...
U.S. Suicide Numbers Hit New Record High in 2022
- Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter
- November 29, 2023
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U.S. suicide numbers reached a grim new high in 2022.
The increase was most acute among women over the age of 24, according to provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overall, almost 49,500 people lost their lives to suicide in 20...
Teens With Multiple Concussions Face Higher Risk of Suicidal Thoughts
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- November 21, 2023
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A year after suffering a concussion, teens, especially boys, are more likely than their peers to think about, plan and even attempt suicide, new research finds.
With more concussions, the risk grows.
Teen boys who reported two or more concussions in the past year w...
As Suicide Rates Climb, Older Men Are Most Vulnerable
- Robin Foster HealthDay Reporter
- November 15, 2023
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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 15, 2023 (Healthday News) -- As U.S. suicide rates continue to rise, new government data shows older men have become the most susceptible.
In a report published Wednesday, researchers fr...
U.S. Men Are Dying Much Earlier Than Women, as Death 'Gender Gap' Widens
- Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay Reporter
- November 13, 2023
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The gap in life expectancy between American men and women is now the biggest it has been since the mid-1990s -- almost six years.
The pandemic and opioid overdoses are key factors in the gender difference in longevity, said researchers from the University of California, ...
Those Most in Need of the 988 Lifeline Are Aware of It, Survey Shows
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- November 2, 2023
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More than a year after its launch, public awareness of the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline remains moderate, a new survey found.
However, awareness is highest among people who need it most -- those in serious psychological distress.
Survey participants w...
Police Often Have Unlocked Guns at Home, Raising Suicide Risk
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 30, 2023
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Many law enforcement officers own firearms but fail to store them properly, claims a study that points to an increased risk of suicide.
Police officers are also more likely to have suicidal thoughts, according to research from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.
Largest-Ever Study of Suicide Genetics Gives Clues to Who's at Risk
- Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter
- October 4, 2023
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New research has discovered 12 gene variants that may be tied to an increased risk of attempting suicide.
These genes also may have links with physical and mental health woes, including chronic pain, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), lung conditions and h...