The weird tale of Samuel Israel III began on July 27, 2005 when he sent a letter to investors in his $450 million hedge fund called Bayou Management. The fund was shutting down but they'd get their money back. But when investors called his Stamford, CT office, they got a...
Many patients attempting or committing suicide consult their general practitioner GP in the preceding period, indicating that GPs might play an important role in prevention. The aim of the study is to analyze the epidemiology of suicidal behavior in Dutch General Practice in order to find possible clues for prevention....
This book marshals philosophical, moral, medical, historical, and theological arguments in support of the Roman Catholic position against suicide. In a comprehensive study of the history of suicide, the author shows that Christian civilization was one of only a few early societies that was able to bring suicide under control....
SEOUL, Aug 4 Asia Pulse - Shock reverberated among affiliates of Hyundai Group Monday upon the news that Chung Mong-hun committed suicide by jumping from the window of his 12th-floor office. SEOUL, Aug 4 Asia Pulse - Shock reverberated among affiliates of Hyundai Group...
Sep. 19--A federal advisory panel will decide today whether studies are needed to establish a definitive link between suicide and Accutane, the widely used acne medication sold by Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. Sep. 19--A federal advisory panel will decide today whether studies are needed to...
As a faculty member at a university teaching hospital and a psychologist who specializes in treating mood disorders and suicidal behavior, I believe that the themes and arguments of Derek Humphry and the Hemlock Society oversimplify the important social debate about euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. For example, Hemlock Society material...
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Carmel Hill Center for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Illness at Columbia University recommends that parents add a mental health check-up to the annual ritual of getting their teens equipped for the neNEW YORK, Aug. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The...
Selling Physician-Assisted Suicide For Big SavingsRE: Selling Physician-Assisted Suicide For Big SavingsI can't believe what I just read. This is sick.
Somehow I managed to miss the fuss back in July when the Oregon Health Plan -- the state's medical-coverage plan for low-income residents -- told cancer patient Barbara Wagner that it wouldn't cover the expensive drug Tarceva, but that it would pay for palliative care, including "physician-assisted suicide." (In the...
What type of emotional transition is experienced by professional dancers who face the end of their career? What does this journey imply? This article discusses the transition experiences of two case studies out of a total sample of fourteen (N=14) international professional ballet dancers who left their...
John Taffin's comments regarding in the July issue on CAS are spot on, unfortunately. It seems every shooting sport seems to commit suicide at some point in time. The only handgun sport I can think of that didn't was IHMSA shooting, which was shoved aside by CAS. Let's look at...
Q: Ever heard of the world-renowned "dead body farm" at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville? It's the sort of place that piques the curiosity, both morbid and scientific. A: In secluded parts of the campus, bodies of human donors are left to decompose naturally -- some in...
BAGHDAD -- A suicide bomber with explosives hidden beneath his traditional robe blew himself up Tuesday in a crowd of Iraqis trying to join the police force, killing at least 25 people in the second major bombing in Iraq this week. The attack occurred in the town...
SIR SALMAN Rushdie, the Booker Prize-winning author, received an apology in the High Court yesterday over false claims contained in a book about his time living under police protection. Ron Evans, a former police officer and convicted fraudster who periodically worked as Sir Salman's driver when he...
FRESH questions have been raised about Asif Zardari, the man poised to become Pakistan's next president, after it was revealed that doctors who examined him said he was suffering from severe mental health problems as recently as last year. Court documents filed by Mr Zardari's doctors suggest...
Andrew Keighley, age 33, hanged himself at his father's farm on a Monday morning in May 2001. His suicide note revealed he blamed himself for spreading foot-and-mouth disease among farm animals throughout his community. Keighley had worked odd jobs at nearby farms after losing his job at the local auction...
Authorities in southern Utah are investigating what they call the "suspicious" death of a 55-year-old La Verkin woman. Laura Petterson's body was found in her mobile home at the Shady Ridge Trailer Court on Saturday by a friend who had not seen her in some time, Washington...
BAGHDAD -- In video footage released by Iraqi police, a teenage girl with an explosives vest tightly strapped to her body is seen handcuffed to a metal grid, her head repeatedly falling forward as several policemen huddle around her. After several minutes, the officers lift her flowered...
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