Today's Globe: depression on the Cape, biotech bill, Atrius chief, St John's wort and ADHD, cancer costs, teen virginity, fake meds, George Moore

The other side of paradise can be seen from a gun-metal gray house on a leafy road. John Stukas (left) lives here, jobless, divorced, stuck in the quicksand of depression. A soon-to-be-released study offers the most extensive portrait ever of depression on Cape Cod, showing a rate substantially above national averages.

A $1 billion bill designed to spur development in the state's life sciences industry gained approval yesterday from a key legislative committee (second item).

Dr. Gene Lindsey (left) yesterday became the permanent chief executive of Atrius Health of Newton, the collection of physician practices that includes Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates.

Children and teens with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder fared no better on St. John's wort than they did on dummy pills in a government study, another blow for herbal supplements.

The cost of treating cancer has soared in the United States as more chemotherapy and radiation treatments become available to more patients, researchers reported yesterday (fourth item).

Taking a pledge to remain a virgin until marriage may help some teens and young adults in delaying the start of sexual activity, US researchers reported yesterday.

Counterfeit medicines are on the rise worldwide, as criminals capitalize on the growing use of the Internet by consumers searching for inexpensive drugs.

Dr. George Moore, who discovered radioactive isotopes to diagnose cancer, died in Conifer, Colo., on May 19. He was 88.