Understanding what depression is – and what it is not – is often the first step toward relief.

Share on Pinterest Depression may hasten death in people with type 2 diabetes. Image credit: Yasser Chalid/Getty Images. Worldwide, type 2 diabetes affects more than 6% of people, or around 462 ...

August 17, 2012 — Depression in young adulthood can have lingering effects, including an increased risk for premature death due to cardiovascular disease and injury, a new study shows. Investigators ...

Weight-loss jabs could work as antidepressants, research to be presented to the ongoing obesity summit in Spain will suggest. Studies on more than 25,000 adults found evidence that the injections ...

Women who suffer depression during or after pregnancy have a higher risk of death by both natural and unnatural causes, a new study of childbirth in Sweden published in The BMJ reports. The increased ...

American adults who lose the eyesight they need to accomplish everyday tasks are almost twice as likely to be depressed as other adults, an analysis of data from a large federal health survey has ...