Tag: risk of suicide

  • Nation & World

    Coffee drinking tied to lower risk of suicide

    Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent, according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.

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  • Nation & World

    Researchers look at antidepressants and risk of suicide among kids

    Which is more likely to push a depressed child to suicide: not taking antidepressant drugs or taking antidepressant drugs? Medical experts have struggled with this question at least since 1990 when Harvard researchers reported that six people developed suicidal feelings soon after taking Prozac (fluoxetine). This was the first of the now widely prescribed serotonin…

    5 minutes