Effects Of Coronary Heart Disease
What Is The Relationship Between Depression and Heart Disease?
It isn't called a broken heart for nothing. Numerous studies have found an association between depression and cardiac problems, including arrhythmias, heart attacks, strokes, etc. Some studies have found associations between worsening outcomes in heart disease in patients who develop depression (for example, depression following a heart attack) while others have found such worsened outcomes simply if one has a history of depression-even if the depression happened years ago..
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Intensive Control Does Work
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Fish Oil and Heart Disease
...heart disease. The US Food and Drug Administration also claims that Omega-3s play a role in reducing coronary heart disease. Finally, the FDA has approved Omega-3 to treat high levels of... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: References
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...Boerwinkle E, Mosley TH Jr, Hobbs HH. Sequence variations in PCSK9, low LDL, and protection against coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med. 2006;354(12):1264-1272.Halperin RO, Sesso HD, Ma J, Buring... Read more »Images
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