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Obesity and depression independently increase health costs

Obesity and depression both dramatically increase health care costs, but they mainly act separately, according to a new study…….click here to continue reading

Rina weakens to tropical depression

Rina has weakened to a tropical depression as it moves out to sea after bringing rain and wind to parts of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a busy tourist destination…….click here to continue reading

Depression rampant among students

Candace was a normal fun-loving teen attending a prestigious school in North Trinidad. She loved the colour purple and enjoyed liming at the mall with her friends. One day after receiving her CAPE results in 2009, Candace tried to throw herself off a building…….click here to continue reading

Forecasters: Rina weakens to tropical depression, moves out to sea from Mexico’s Yucatan coast

CANCUN, Mexico — Tropical Storm Rina weakened to a tropical depression Friday after it battered Mexico’s Caribbean coast with winds and rain, knocking out power and downing trees in some areas but sparing the resort-studded region the major hurricane that many had feared. As a tropical depression, it is projected to move out to sea from Mexico’s Yucatan coast before turning sand drifting south ………click here to continue reading

Depression our big worry

Depressed and anxious New Zealanders make up the two biggest groups on sickness benefits - higher than those off work for arthritis, heart disease and back injuries combined.Blam Blam Blam’s classic 1981 song There is No Depression………click here to continue reading

Possible Genetic Marker for Depression Risk Id’d

New research has identified a genetic marker that may identify people at high risk for major depression, which scientists say could lead to earlier treatment. Using blood samples from more than 1,100 Mexican Americans from 40 extended families, researchers at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute………click here to continue reading

Rina weakens to tropical depression off Yucatan

Tropical Storm Rina weakened to a tropical depression Friday after it battered Mexico’s Caribbean coast with winds and rain, knocking out power and downing trees in some areas but sparing the resort-studded region the major hurricane that many had feared…….click here to continue reading

Daily smoking, low mastery associated with repeat episodes of depression in people with a history of depression

Previous depression, daily smoking and a lack of control over life circumstances — or “low mastery” — are risk factors for repeat episodes of depression, a new article finds…….click here to continue reading

‘Must I tell an interviewer about my depression?’

I was off work in my last job for three months due to depression caused by the long hours and pressure under which I was working…….click here to continue reading

Older first-time moms not at higher depression risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who have their first baby at an older age aren’t at greater risk of postpartum depression, according to a new report that contradicts earlier concerns…….click here to continue reading