People who are depressed and taking prescription antidepressants are poor drivers, new study suggests. A team of researchers from the University of North Dakota put 60 people through a driving simulation to test steering, concentration and reactions.

Thirty-one of the participants were taking at least one type of antidepressant while 29 control group members were taking no medication with the exception of oral contraceptives in some cases

The little blue pill that has transformed the lives of many men may be beneficial for some women on antidepressants who experience sexual dysfunction, a small trial has shown.

Also known as sildenafil, the drug is often prescribed to help men's erectile dysfunction, but an eight-week study shows it helps women who experience sexual problems from antidepressant use

The number of serious injuries and deaths reported to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration from widely used medicines almost tripled between 1998 and 2005, an analysis of U.S. drug data found.

The report in Monday's Archives of Internal Medicine, published by the American Medical Association, says that the number of deaths and serious injuries from prescription and over-the-counter drugs climbed from 34,966 to 89,842

Two recent studies have revealed that women who take antidepressants early in their pregnancy have little or no risk of giving birth to babies born with birth defects. Researchers in these latest rounds of studies focused on the class of drugs chosen most often for depression and anxiety, including the brands Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft.

Contrary to the new findings, Paxil carries a warning of possible heart defects in newborns, and experts don't expect the new findings to alter any of these warnings

Contrary to the popular belief, authors of a new study now suggest that antidepressant drugs do more good than harm to children and teenagers. There have been many instances when parents blamed antidepressants for the suicides of their depressed children and many studies showed that drugs might promote suicidal thoughts.

It prompted the Food and Drug Administration to send out a warning to doctors and also in 2004, the FDA called for "black box" warning labels on antidepressants. However, many experts believe that after the warning to curb the use of antidepressants, there was a sudden surge in U.S. youth suicides that was blamed on reluctance to try antidepressants