Jamelle Agbuis

Chances are you've been prescribed antidepressants or know someone who has. According to the Centers for Disease Control, eleven percent of Americans over the age of 12 take antidepressants. Between 1996 and 2005 alone, the number of people taking antidepressants doubled to 27 million.

The Obama Administration has given its blessing to PepsiCo to continue utilizing the services of a company that produces flavor chemicals for the beverage giant using aborted human fetal tissue.

The federal government's illegal war on drugs is big business for lobbyists who profit on making sure you never have access to marijuana, whether for recreational or medicinal purposes.

Australians Nick Aitken and Brad Linfield have claimed gold medals on the final day of competition at the Oceania Road Championships near Queenstown in New Zealand.

Shane Watson says he will happily bat at number three in the Australian team as he is just happy to have the chance to play Test cricket again.

An all too familiar surrender greeted the West Indies in Kingstown, where they lost six wickets for just seven runs to fetch a 64-run defeat at the hands of Australia in the first ODI of their five-match series on Friday.

Australian road race champion Simon Gerrans has given Australia back-to-back wins in the 298 kilometre Milan - San Remo in Italy, the longest one-day Classic on the calendar.

On course for the best result of his fledgling GP career - and Williams' best finish in ages - Pastor Maldonado put it in the wall on the final lap in Australia.

It seems our hopes of yet another brand joining the V8 Supercars championship next year has been short-lived, with Chrysler confirming to V8X magazine that it will not proceed with the move.

Watch This Space...Throughout this season of the NWPL, AWPI will be providing a week by week coverage of all the results, big match previews and news and information.

For the second year running HRT will not contest the Australian GP after both cars failed to qualify and the stewards refused to grant an exemption.

Australian fast bowler James Pattinson will not play in Friday's first ODI against the West Indies.

China's Rare Earths Limits Challenged

As the Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years, I support them in all ways — save one.

Passenger car sales in the European Union plummeted almost 10 percent in February -- their biggest drop since 2010 -- as consumers tread warily through uncertain economic times.

Judging by recent speeches and comments, the RBA is clearly wondering why the value of the Australian dollar hasn't fallen after that 4.7% dip on our terms of trade in the final quarter of 2011.

After a brief flurry of optimism that saw the shares rise yesterday in the wake of the expected fall in interim earnings, Myer shares closed the day down 9c or 3.3% at $2.28.

On February 14, the Bank of Japan broke with tradition and announced an inflation target of 1%.

Property developer Stockland Group yesterday took another move to expand its share buyback by selling another asset to finance the expansion.

Debt: Fortescue Boosts Raising To $US2 Billion, Nexus Cuts Reserves

Easy Homemade Remedies Relieve Arthritis and Joint Pain

Warning to Vegetarians: Many Prescription Drugs Secretly Made with Animal Parts

Sexually deprived male fruit flies exhibit a pattern of behavior that seems ripped from the pages of a sad-sack Raymond Carver story: when female fruit flies reject their sexual advances, the males are driven to excessive alcohol consumption, drinking far more than comparable, sexually satisfied male flies.

Study Highlights: -Overweight and obese adults using an electronic device that provided daily messages did better at staying on diet and exercise programs. -Those using the device were more successful in adhering to five treatment factors for weight loss.

It wasn't a surprise that consumer sentiment fell in the latest survey from Westpac and the Melbourne Institute, nor was it a surprise that housing construction finished 2012 on a weak note.

Patients who are treated for depression through a new collaborative care model after undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures showed improvements in mood and health and incurred lower health care costs, according to a University of Pittsburgh-led study that was presented today at the American Psychosomatic Society’s annual meeting.

Two of the country's most respected newspapers, The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) have come together to jointly promote the Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Auction Centre.

Do you how big is the Angry Birds franchise? It's so big that now Angry Birds is going to be literally out of this world. The Angry Birds have their work cut out of them.

Apple is keeping its customers waiting ever since the news of iPad3 has been out. So if you are expecting to score an iPad 3 from Apple, you might have to wait.