Oh, The Many Links To Depression

It sure looks like depression has become every researcher's favorite malady unto which to link many other maladies. Hardly a day goes by that I don't read some study asserting that depression can be linked to this or that. Here's a report on a Swiss study claiming that childhood depression--a very nebulous thing in my view--is at the root of asthma and obesity later in life. Maybe it's just me, but that's a wild claim. Obesity and asthma are far more complicated matters than simply saying "Looks like another case of childhood depression behind this." But I digress. Because here comes an American study claiming a link between women with depression and allergies. I report, you decide.