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Future galaxy collision predicted
NEW YORK, April 13 (UPI) -- New York City hospitals have begun administering a simple questionnaire to adult patients to determine if they require treatment for depression.
The test includes questions about mood and behavior, and derives a depression score from the answers to nine questions, the New York Times reported. It is not meant to yield a formal diagnosis, but a high score would lead a doctor to recommend a more thorough clinical screening.
So far, only about a dozen primary-care physicians are using the test, but the goal is to have every primary-care physician in the city hospital system using the test within the next two or three years.
Surveys have found about 16 percent of U.S. residents, or as many as 46 million people, suffer from depression at some point. By some estimates, the condition costs the nation $44 billion a year in lost work and disability, which is more than any other illness, including heart disease.
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BOSTON, May 31 (UPI) --
A U.S. appeals court panel in Boston ruled Thursday that the federal Defense of Marriage Act cannot affect gay marriages in states that permit them.
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Dozens of teenage girls suffered minor injuries during a stampede at a Justin Bieber concert in Oslo, Norway, officials said Thursday.
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BALTIMORE, May 31 (UPI) --
U.S. astronomers are forecasting the Milky Way will have a violent collision with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy in about 4 billion years.
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NORTHAMPTON, Mass., May 31 (UPI) --
A Massachusetts woman said she investigated bird sounds in her yard and discovered a baby cardinal with two heads and three beaks.
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