HealthDay - TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) — Low-income women with
diabetes who are pregnant or recently gave birth face almost twice the
risk of depression compared to women without the blood sugar disorder, a
new study found.

Reuters - Pregnant women and new moms with diabetes are nearly twice as likely as other women to become depressed, putting both mother and baby at risk, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — If you have allergies and are tired of
battling their symptoms, you should ask your doctor about allergy
shots.

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) — A food allergy is an immune system response
to a food that the body mistakenly believes is harmful, according to the
Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network.

Reuters - Children with severe peanut allergies given small daily doses of peanut flour were able to build tolerance to the nuts, according to a study that suggests it is possible to treat the potentially deadly condition.

AFP - A team of British scientists on Friday said it had come one step closer to curing nut allergies following a small-scale clinical trial in which they successfully built up children’s tolerance to peanuts.

HealthDay - MONDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) — Traffic pollution may cause genetic
changes in the womb that increase a child’s risk of developing asthma, say
U.S. researchers who studied umbilical cord blood from New York City
children.

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Feb. 13 (HealthDay News) — Mental, emotional and
behavioral problems in young Americans cost the nation about $247 billion
a year, says a report that urges the federal government to make preventing
these disorders and promoting mental health in young people a priority.

Reuters - The cause of neck pain is not just physical, doctors in Germany have shown. They say that psychological distress — particularly depression and anxiety — are closely linked to persistent neck pain.

Reuters - A majority of teenagers treated for major depression show lasting improvements, though it may take several months for the benefits to appear, a new study suggests.