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(Reuters) - Older women who got more exercise and less television time were the least likely to be diagnosed with depression, according to a U.S. study of thousands of women -- with physical activity having the biggest impact.

According to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers found that women who reported exercising the most in recent years were ...

(Reuters) - Children whose fathers are depressed are more likely to have emotional and behavioral problems than those whose fathers aren't, according to a U.S. study of more than 20,000 families.

The issue is especially important at a time when many parents are out of work and struggling to support their families, while others are returning from Afghanistan ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study shows people who are depressed may be a little more likely than others to suffer a stroke down the road.

Looking back at 28 past studies, researchers estimated there would be 106 extra cases of stroke per 100,000 depressed people each year, 22 of them fatal.

But don't reach for the ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Children of depressed mothers in developing countries are 40 percent more likely to be underweight or stunted than those with mothers in good mental health, a study said on Tuesday.

An estimated 15 to 57 percent of mothers in poor countries experience depression due to poverty, marital conflict, domestic violence and a lack of control over economic resources ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Children of depressed mothers in developing countries are 40 percent more likely to be underweight or stunted than those with mothers in good mental health, a study said Tuesday.

An estimated 15 to 57 percent of mothers in poor countries experience depression due to poverty, marital conflict, domestic violence and a lack of control over economic resources, it ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who give birth in fall and winter may be more likely to get postpartum depression than those who deliver in the spring, suggests a new study from Sweden.

Dr. Sara Sylven and her colleagues at Uppsala University say that changes in the amount of daylight during each season may affect chemical pathways in the brain ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report from the drug company GlaxoSmithKline concludes that its antidepressant Paxil might make adults with major depression more likely to become suicidal.

But the rate of suicide attempts was low, at 0.34 percent for people on Paxil and 0.05 percent for people who got sham treatment with a placebo pill in clinical ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese people who participate in a weight loss program based on exercise and lifestyle changes end up less depressed, according to a new review.

But how many pounds they actually shed didn't seem to matter, and it's not clear that weight loss itself played a role, one expert said.

Obesity is a well-known risk ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - A rural Nebraska mother suffering from depression stabbed her husband and 12-year-old daughter to death before killing herself, authorities said on Monday.

Saunders County Attorney Scott Tingelhoff said Tim and Toni Hindman and their daughter Ardena all died from knife wounds inflicted by Toni Hindman.

Tingelhoff said Toni Hindman, 45, had been suffering from depression when she ...

People who are genetically predisposed to produce lower amounts of a certain brain chemical that regulates appetite and stress may be at higher risk of severe depression, researchers said.

The findings should shed more light on how depression affects certain people more than others, and could help lead the way toward developing more individualized therapies, researchers at the University of ...