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Depression affects more than 16 million Americans a year, but fewer than half get treatment. Now, researchers are turning to social media to shrink that gap and give doctors another way to find people at risk.

Several herbal remedies have been studied as a treatment for anxiety, but more research is needed to understand the risks and benefits. Here's what we know ' and don't know:

Sugar Grove neurosurgeon Dr. Gary Skaletsky, who conducted the open house, confessed to his own skepticism when he was asked this summer to volunteer his time as the coach and coordinator with Rock Steady Boxing ' a national program based in Indianapolis that's out to prove those with Parkinson's show dramatic improvements by practicing...

The Leapfrog Group, which grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is launching a national survey to evaluate the safety and quality of up to 5,600 surgery centers that perform millions of outpatient procedures every year.

Merrimack High won its West conference showdown last Friday night and leaped five spots to No. 3 in today's New Hampshire Union Leader High School Football Power Poll. The victory over Nashua North guaranteed the Tomahawks 7-1 a home game for the first round of the playoffs.

It doesn't sound right, but Dave Roberts, who stole his way into the hearts of Red Sox fans everywhere when he swiped second base to start the miracle comeback against the Yankees in 2004, is the guy running the Dodgers as they hit Fenway for the World Series.

Co-workers are pooling their cash for more chances at grabbing a piece of tonight's record 1.6 billion Mega Millions jackpot.

Nathan Carman disclosed in court filings on Monday that his grandfather, who was 87 years old at the time of his December 2013 murder, was carrying on with a 25-year-old mistress who could be responsible for the millionaire's murder.

It won't happen for another year, but the woman who has overseen the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests for more than two decades is retiring.

An open house will be held Tuesday and Wednesday in a wing of the Sununu Youth Services Center that has been converted into a 36-bed addiction treatment center for adolescents.