The diagnosis of depression is totally out of control. Once considered a major psychiatric illness that skirted suicide and wrecked careers and marriages, it has become as common as the common cold.

In the medical community, we prioritize preventive screenings for conditions like heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and lung cancer. The screenings are quick, simple and can identify ...

A well-designed 10-minute online exercise can spark small reductions in depression. That's the key finding of my team's paper, published in Nature Human Behaviour.

In a recent study published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, researchers examined the potential association between depression among mothers and behavioral self-regulation among ...

Statement: There is “clear scientific consensus” that “hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk of depression & triples risk of suicide.” "Hormonal birth control makes you fat, doubles risk ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of type 2 diabetics with depression confirms that depression has a negative impact on glycemic (blood sugar) control, researchers report, and "affirms the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many people with diabetes also feel depressed, which is thought to interfere with their ability to regulate their blood sugar levels well. However, improvements in ...