The number of Irish women traveling to the U.K. with the purpose of having an abortion has dropped in the past five years. According to figures recently released by the British Department of Health (DoH), just over 5,000 women headed to Britain to terminate their pregnancy, a fall of 1,600 cases from 2001.

While supporters of rightful abortion dispute the illegality of abortion in Ireland, the anti-abortion groups have welcomed the decline

In a bid to help soldiers returning from combat with stress and other mental conditions, the U.S. Army has decided to add about 200 mental health professionals to its 36 Army medical centers and hospitals. The $33 billion mental health care plan is a part of wider proposal introduced and approved by the Senate to ensure quality care for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Several studies have shown that soldiers suffer traumatic injuries while on the war front and the number of servicemen with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been on the rise since the U.S. invaded Afghanistan and Iraq

A new study by scientists at Portland State University in Oregon have found that U.S. war veterans are two times more likely to commit suicide compared to civilians. The study, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, involve 320,890 men who served in World War II, the Vietnam War, the Korean War and the Gulf war.

Lead researcher Mark Kaplan said the study compared data between non-veterans and those who served the military between 1917 and 1994. Surprisingly, the researchers found that white men, and those with better education and older men, have a higher chances of killing themselves, as well as those with physical or emotional disability

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed that the manufacturers of anti-depressant drugs should include a suicide warning on all anti-depressant medication labels for adults aged 18-24, who are considered at an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior after consuming the drugs.

The FDA said the labels, which already include similar warnings for children and adolescents, should also warn young-adult consumers about a risk of developing suicidal thoughts during initial treatment, generally in the first one to two months

A new theory has been made to suggest that some bacterial cells act like "suicide bombers" in cell communities. This new medical discovery may provide the basis to finding solutions to antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotic resistance occurs when a bacterial infection in a human is not able to be fought out and killed by a particular antibiotic