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posted 02/20/2009, comments (0)

Heart Patients Should Be Routinely Screened for Depression

Depression is approximately three times more common in patients following a heart attack. Despite this, only half of heart doctors say they treat depression and many patients who are diagnosed with depression are left untreated. The American Heart Association (AHA) has taken up the case by calling for all heart patients to be regularly... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/12/2009, comments (0)

The Link Between Depression & Heart Disease

Depression is considered to increase the risk of heart disease. This has been known for some time, but the actual process that links depression to heart disease is less clear. New research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that depression contributes to heart disease indirectly, and mainly through negative... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/13/2008, comment (1)

Hostility with Depression Predicts Heart Disease

Depression coupled with hostility form a destructive alliance in terms of elevating the risk of heart disease. Professor Jesse Stewart, assistant professor of psychology at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, revealed a complex interaction of psychology and physiology in which inflammatory proteins are triggered to predict heart... Read more Chevron

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