Latest Health Articles for Mental Health

• Father appalled by virtual audience to son's death

  article 2008-11-23  |  Author: Sarah Larimer
  The father of a college student whose suicide was broadcast live over a webcam said Saturday he was appalled by the virtual audience that egged on his son and called for tougher regulation of Internet sites.Abraham Biggs Sr. said those who watched and the Web site operators share some blame ......

• Depressed astronauts might get computerized solace

  article 2008-10-25  |  Author: Jay Lindsay
  Your work is dangerous and your co-workers rely on you to stay alive. But you can never get far from those colleagues. You can't see your family for months, even years. The food isn't great. And forget stepping out for some fresh air.No wonder the adventure of space flight can ......

• Will tax scandal take down NY gov.'s top aide?

  article 2008-10-23  |  Author: Michael Gormley
  Charles O'Byrne is a powerful and enigmatic figure in New York politics. He's an openly gay ex-priest who assailed the Catholic Church in Playboy, a confidant to the Kennedy clan, the muscle behind Gov. David Paterson.Now, O'Byrne's failure to pay tens of thousands of dollars in taxes has become a ......

• College presidents seek debate on drinking age

  article 2008-08-19  |  Author: Justin Pope
  College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.The movement called the Amethyst Initiative began quietly recruiting presidents more ......

• Argentine senate declares obesity a disease

  article 2008-08-14  |  Author: Staff
  Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other eating disorders diseases covered by the nation's public and private health care programs.The lawmakers unanimously backed the "Obesity Law" Wednesday, saying that fighting obesity, bulimia is in the national interest.Patients can now seek treatment ......

• HIV-positive Indian couple commits suicide

  article 2008-08-09  |  Author: Staff
  An Indian couple poisoned their three young children, then hung themselves from a ceiling fan because they were depressed about being HIV-positive, police said Saturday.A relative found the bodies of Ishwar Thevar, 39, a film distributor, and his wife as well as their two sons and a daughter ......

• Suicide hot line got calls from 22,000 veterans

  article 2008-07-28  |  Author: Katharine Euphrat
  More than 22,000 veterans have sought help from a special suicide hot line in its first year, and 1,221 suicides have been averted, the government says.According to a recent RAND Corp. study, roughly one in five soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan displays symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, ......

• Ship pilot to retire as probe into crash continues

  article 2008-07-02  |  Author: Scott Lindlaw
  A container ship pilot will retire rather than testify at a hearing on his conduct when a vessel he was piloting struck a bridge support tower last year, creating the worst oil spill in San Francisco Bay in nearly two decades.Capt. John Cota said in a letter to state licensing ......

• APNewsBreak: Report says former detainees suffer from trauma sustained in US custody

  article 2008-06-18  |  Author: Pamela Hess
  Former detainees from American military jails in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and lingering physical injuries and scars that can be traced to their imprisonment, according to a human rights group.One Iraqi prisoner, identified only as Yasser, reported being subjected to electric shocks ......

• US Army officer accused then cleared of Iraq killings now forced back to duty

  article 2008-06-10  |  Author: M.r. Kropko
  A congressman protested the military's decision to force an Army officer back to duty who was accused then cleared of killing Iraqi civilians more than two years ago, saying he deserves more from the military that falsely accused him.U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, wrote a letter Monday to Defense Secretary ......