The Boston Globe (3/17, Rocheleau) reports that “the rate of student suicide at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology continues to be notably higher than the national average for college campuses.” Over the past 10 years, “the university’s student suicide rate has been 10.2 per 100,000 students, according to a Globe review of public records as well as university and media reports,” compared to the US “national average for college campuses” of “roughly between 6.5 and 7.5 suicides per 100,000 students.”

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— “Suicide rate at MIT higher than national average,”Matt Rocheleau, The Boston Globe, March 17, 2015.

The Salt Lake (UT) Tribune (3/17, McDonald) reports that “treating depression may be just as important for your heart as taking care of high cholesterol,” according to a study conducted by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare. Researchers arrived at that conclusion after analyzing “patient records and rates of death, coronary artery disease and stroke for more than 26,000 patients treated by Intermountain over a three-year period,” then comparing data “to records for 5,311 patients identified as having moderate to severe depression based on a nine-question depression screening, which assessed factors such as mood, sleep and appetite.”

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— “Utah study: Treating your depression helps your heart,”Amy McDonald, The Salt Lake Tribune, March 17, 2015.

The Boston Globe (3/14, Weintraub) reported that research published online March 4 in the journal Heart indicated that “men who were anxious in their late teens were twice as likely to die from heart attacks four decades later.” The study, which involved 237,980 men, “confirms that anxiety can have lasting health effects and that people who are naturally high strung have to try harder than most to make themselves resilient to stress, said Scott Montgomery, the study’s lead author.”

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— “High-stress teens beware of later heart ills,”Karen Weintraub, The Boston Globe, March 13, 2015.

The Baltimore Sun (3/13) reported that a recent study published last month in the journal Neurobiology of Disease “adds to growing evidence linking football with brain damage.” Results of the study, in which Johns Hopkins researchers examined retired NFL players, “add to a growing body of research and anecdotal accounts associating brain disease with the blows to the head that are a common part of football and other sports.”

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— “Imaging study looks at brain injury in former NFL players,”Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, March 13, 2015.

US News & World Report (3/14, Wang) reported that “one in four adults – approximately 61 million Americans – experiences mental illness every year, according to a study by National Alliance on Mental Illness,” and many of these people are in the workforce. Now, “some leaders in the corporate world have…adopted emotional health of their employees as a priority,” helping employees to reach their full potential. Such programs pay off in increased productivity, decreased absenteeism “and other indirect costs.” But, despite such progress, “the most challenging part of mental health issue in the corporate world is still getting rid of the stigma, said Clare Miller, director of partnership for Workplace Mental Health at American Psychiatric Foundation,” the educational and philanthropic arm of the American Psychiatric Association. Miller stated, “If you are an employer and are educating the employees about mental health, you are really sending out that message that it’s okay to reach out for help.”

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— “Mental Health: A New Priority in Corporate America,”Nancy Wang, US News & World Report , March 13, 2015.