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12/16/07
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Depression Linked To Death Following Heart Attack
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ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2007) — Depression nearly triples the risk of death following a heart attack, even when accounting for other heart attack risk factors, according to research presented today at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) annual meeting, which showed that among 360 depressed, post myocardial infarction patients followed for more than six years, those who did not recover from their depression in the first six months were more than twice as likely to die.
---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- See also: Health & Medicine Heart Disease Stroke Prevention Chronic Illness Mind & Brain Depression Stroke Anxiety Reference Coronary heart disease Ischaemic heart disease Oily fish Low density lipoprotein This study was one of several presented at a panel which examined the links between depression and vascular disease. "There is an unequivocal link between depression and heart disease, but i Read the Complete Article Similar content: Mouse Study Sheds Light on Lupus-Linked Depression, in Arthritis Ho, ho heart attack?, in Heart Disease Heart attack season, in Heart Disease Obesity Linked to Prostate Cancer Death Rates, in Prostate Cancer Depression May Not Cause Heart Problems, in Heart Disease |
