News tagged with 'Suicide'

The mom convicted last November of bullying a teenage girl on MySpace, driving her to the point of suicide, was acquitted by a Los Angeles judge Thursday, who called the laws used "vague and flawed".

The FDA has received so many reports of Chantix and Zyban users experiencing depression, hostility, agitation, and suicidal thoughts and commiting acts of suicide, that today the agency issued a Public Health Advisory that the smoking cessation drugs will be required to carry a stronger warning label.  

In one of the largest imaging studies on whether depression runs in families - researchers find that a thinning in the right hemisphere of the brain appeared to be linked to a risk of depression.

FDA reviewers have not found an association between Singulair and suicidal thoughts and mood changes. One year ago, some suicides were thought to be linked to Singulair and other the allergy meds, so much so that drug makers were required to update their labels warning of a possible link.  

Lori Drew was convicted by a Los Angeles jury of three misdemeanor counts for the internet hoax that led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide. She could have spent 20 years in prison.  The precedent setting case has established law in the area of cyberbullying.

The first day of the cyberbullying trial of a mother, sounded more like a murder trial of a 13-year old girl who killed herself after being harassed online. The case will set a legal precedent for cyberbulling, which impacts about 40 percent of teenage girls. 

The rates of suicide are up among the group generally considered the happiest and most secure. Do prescription drugs have some bearing on suicide rates?

A new study finds one in four terminally ill patients in Oregon who elect physician-assisted suicide have clinical depression and may not be capable of making an informed, rational decision about ending their lives. Oregon became the first state to enact a law allowing for physician-assisted suicide in 1997.

A newly released study finds that teen suicides are on the rise after a 15-year decline. The increase may be due to fewer teens being prescribed antidepressant medications.

A new study which included 26,000 students from 70 colleges and universities across the U.S. found that slightly more than half of students had considered suicide at least once in their life. While nearly two-thirds have considered it more than once in a 12-month period.

The Justice Department wants to know when GlaxoSmithKline knew about a possible link between Paxil, the antidepressant, and suicidal tendencies. Senator Charles Grassley says GSK "bamboozled" the FDA.

A CDC survey finds that rates of risky behavior in teens, such as multiple sex partners, taking drugs, and suicide, have stabilized for white and black students, but not so for Hispanic students.