1.   Depression has a variety of causes and can be precipitated by a major loss, a poor self image or by having a genetic predisposition for the condition.

2.   Endogenous or unipolar depression has a biochemical basis, often occurring without apparent reason.

3.   As new research keeps indicating depression has biological roots, more men are coming forward, Winer says.

4.   As new research keeps indicating that depression has biological roots, more men are coming forward, Winer says.

5.   But even mild depression can have serious consequences.

6.   Chronic depression can have devastating effects on relationships.

7.   For Hassoun, depression has fundamentally to do with connection and disconnection, with the exiles and homelands of the heart.

8.   He said the question now was why did depression have this effect?

9.   Several researchers suspect heart disease and depression have common origins, Schwartzman says.

10.   The depression has little chance of becoming a tropical storm, given the relatively cool waters surrounding Hawaii.