HealthDay - TUESDAY, Sept. 20 (HealthDay News) -- People who are depressed are at greater risk for suffering a stroke, a new study indicates.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Keeping a daily journal with a positive slant may ease the effects of psychological trauma and depression among men with testicular cancer, according to a small new pilot study.

Reuters - A Miami mental-health executive was sentenced to 35 years in prison on Monday for her role in a $205 million healthcare fraud scheme.

Reuters - Gilead Sciences Inc's four-drug experimental HIV pill worked as well as a regimen containing protease inhibitor Reyataz in the second pivotal trial of the drug, the company said on Monday.

Reuters - Scientists have found a way to prevent HIV from damaging the immune system and say their discovery may offer a new approach to developing a vaccine against AIDS.

Reuters - An early stage trial of Sangamo BioSciences Inc's HIV treatment found that the gene therapy reduced levels of the virus and even eliminated it in one patient with a naturally occurring gene mutation.

AP - Four Brown University medical professors are heading to Africa to launch a program to help local medical professionals fight AIDS.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Just because you or your child has a pet allergy doesn't mean Fido or Fifi has to move out, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology says.

Reuters - Children who drink raw milk are less likely to develop asthma and allergies than those who stick to the safer pasteurized version, according to a large European study.

LiveScience.com - Plentiful rains coupled with warm temperatures this summer may lead to a particularly severe fall allergy season for those living in the Northeast, experts say.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers in Australia have developed a new treatment plan to reduce asthma flare-ups in pregnancy while minimizing drug exposure to developing fetuses.

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Aug. 7 (HealthDay News) -- More than half the cases of non-hereditary -- or sporadic -- schizophrenia are caused by "new" protein-altering gene mutations, researchers have found.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to household mold in infancy greatly increases a child's risk of developing asthma, a new study says.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Children with HIV who receive antiretroviral treatments have persistently high cholesterol and other blood fat (lipid) levels, and would benefit from guidelines aimed at reducing their long-term heart risks, researchers say.

Time.com - Despite years of a coordinated advertising and branding campaign, a new study shows that use of the color pink doesn't work so well for awareness of and fundraising for women's issues like breast cancer

Reuters - Feedback from fellow physicians helped doctors do fewer unnecessary tests on newly diagnosed prostate cancer patients in a study aimed at improving health care quality and consistency.

Reuters - Indoor air cleaners may help asthmatic children who live with a smoker to breathe a little easier, a new study finds.

LiveScience.com - Changes to some of the star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes may play a role in depression, a new study finds.

Reuters - Women who have been sexually assaulted, abused by a partner or stalked may face high lifetime risks of depression and other mental health conditions, a new study suggests.

U.S. News & World Report - But Officials Note 'Alarming' Increase Among Young, Gay and Bisexual Black Men