Medscape (1/28, Brauser) reports that according to a study published online Jan. 21 in the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, symptoms of depression may be associated with “the development of adult-onset asthma.” In fact, the study of “nearly 32,000 participants from the Black Women’s Health Study…showed that those with the highest depressive symptom scores were more than twice as likely to develop asthma as their counterparts with the lowest symptom scores.” In addition, the study found “a higher incidence rate trend for asthma for women who took antidepressants and were current or former smokers.”

HealthDay (1/28) reports that according to a study published in the January issue of the journal Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, “recovery from depression might take longer among adults who suffered childhood abuse or had parents with addiction problems.” Researchers arrived at that conclusion after analyzing “data from more than 1,100 Canadian adults with depression who were assessed every other year until they recovered, for up to 12 years.”

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— “Childhood Events Tied to Slow Recovery From Depression Later, “Robert Preidt, HealthDay /i>, January 27, 2014.