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Most people with depression need some kind of therapy, but could a computer replace a counsellor? Tim Lott finds outAlthough I am not depressed - I am merely someone who has experienced a depressing amount of depression - I have just completed eight weekly sessions of a cognitive behavioural therapy course, which is available on the NHS. Big deal, you might well remark. But this course is unusual because I didn't have to leave my desk or even talk to another human being. The therapy is administered entirely by a computer programme. Beating the Blues is an attempt by the NHS to meet the growing demand for mental health treatment without spending a fortune on face-to-face therapy.My instincts were against it - I was insulted by the idea that my difficulties could be solved online. So I logged on to my first session with some trepidation. I was introduced by a honey-voiced computer to five other 'co-sufferers' - Andrew, Elaine, Jean, Bob and Heather - who were going to share my journey.

Thai authorities investigating the recent deaths of two female tourists suspect that the women may have died from food poisoning, police sources told CNN Monday. Jill St. Onge, a 27-year-old artist from Seattle, Washington, and Julie Michelle Bergheim, a 22-year-old Norwegian woman, died at the same resort on Thailand's Phi Phi Island just over a week ago.

ALAN Shearer experienced his first victory as Newcastle United's manager today when precious goals from Steven Taylor, Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands ensured a 3-1 success over Middlesbrough in a St James' Park relegation battle.

CASTRIES, St. Lucia -- This Caribbean island's top tourism official was disappointed British singer Amy Winehouse cut short her performance at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival last week because of heavy rain, but he praised the troubled retro-soul star for bringing buzz to the event.

This document provides interim guidance for state and local health departments conducting investigations of human cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus (formerly referred to as swine-origin influenza virus). The following case definitions are for the purpose of public health investigations of suspected, probable, and confirmed cases of swine-origin influenza A (H1N1) virus infection.

Tamil Tiger rebels and international human-rights groups call for the UN talks

A short video about the effects of human consumption has become a sleeper hit in classrooms across the nation.

NEW YORK, May 13 (IPS) - Human rights advocates and legal scholars fear that the administration of U.S. President barack obama may resurrect the military commissions designed by his predecessor to try Guantanamo detainees after Obama's 120-day moratorium on proceedings expires on May 20.

The first case of swine flu reported in mainland China is a 30-year-old man who flew to Chengdu from St. Louis last week.

-- A 51-year-old St. Charles man admitted to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a local machinist's union, Acting US Attorney Michael Reap said Monday. According to court documents, Har...