LOS ANGELES - Kevin Federline will be using VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp as a platform to share his battle with depression, weight gain and, probably, his relationship with ex-wife Britney Spears. He denies the rumors that he gained weight to secure a spot on the reality show. “They called me and they asked me if I wanted to do it and I had maybe 24 hours to decide because the show started taping the next day after that weekend,” he said. “It just couldn’t have come at a better time.”

Dogs just like human beings, do suffer from the occasional bout of depression. This is characterized by most of the same symptoms as humans: moping, lethargy, loss of appetite, weight loss, a chemical imbalance.

According to a member of one of the the South African teams that just returned from Haiti, the rescue dogs used in search-and-rescue operations became depressed by the devastation they witnesses in the aftermath of the 7.0 quake. "One of the challenges was the dogs did get depression...," Mark Louw told a media briefing by the Gift of the Givers (GotG) - a local disaster relief organization - in Johannesburg on Monday. He explained that while the dogs did feel rewarded whenever someone was found alive this seldom happened.

According to a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, among a sampling of 3,000 pregnant women who started SSRI antidepressants during the second or third trimester were found to be 5 times more likely to have a preterm delivery. The researchers also found a higher risk of preterm delivery among women who  . . .

Gabriel Byrne the Irish actor has revealed that he was sexually abused by Christian Brothers in Ireland as a child. The actor also disclosed that at the age of 11 he went to England to train as a priest and was sexually abused by a member of the clergy there.

A new study suggests that the popular herbal remedy St. John's wort may help ease menopausal hot flashes.

St. John's wort is probably best known as an herbal antidepressant, with some clinical trials suggesting that it can help relieve mild to moderate depression symptoms.