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Working Too Much Can Give You the Blues (HealthDay)

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- People who work overtime are at much greater risk for depression, according to a new study.

Family's Mental Disorders May Shape Your Interests (LiveScience.com)

LiveScience.com - A brother with autism or a grandmother with depression could help determine which subjects you find intellectually engaging, according to new research that reveals a link between family psychiatric history and interests.

Bill Gates injects $750 million into troubled AIDS fund (Reuters)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates addresses the European Parliament in Brussels January 24, 2012. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.


Bill Gates injects $750 million into troubled AIDS fund (Reuters)

Microsoft founder Bill Gates addresses the European Parliament in Brussels January 24, 2012. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Microsoft chairman and philanthropist Bill Gates pledged a further $750 million to the troubled global AIDS fund on Thursday and urged governments to continue their support to save lives.


Medication helps some with mild depression (Reuters)

Reuters - People with mild depression may benefit from taking antidepressants, suggests a new analysis of past studies that compared symptoms in people on the drugs to those given drug-free placebo pills.

Medication helps some with mild depression (Reuters)

Reuters - People with mild depression may benefit from taking antidepressants, suggests a new analysis of past studies that compared symptoms in people on the drugs to those given drug-free placebo pills.

Oral cancer virus affects 7 percent of Americans (AP)

AP - About 16 million Americans have oral HPV, a sexually transmitted virus more commonly linked with cervical cancer that also can cause mouth cancer, according to the first nationwide estimate.

Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund (AP)

Bill Gates poses next to a cut out of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to promote the Global Fund's 10th anniversary at the World Economic Forum, WEF, in Davos, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012. Gates announced a US dollar 750 million contribution to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.


U.S. Soldiers Face Host of Mental Health Issues (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. military personnel and veterans are plagued by substance abuse, depression and suicide, three new studies indicate.

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