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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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The Link Between Depression & Heart Disease
By Jerry Kennard , Health ExpertDepression is considered to increase the risk of heart disease. This has been known for some time,... Read more »
Cholesterol and Your Kidneys: A Fatal Connection
By Dr. Kang , Health Expert...be an independent predictor for the development of heart disease and is associated with an... Read more »
Improved Heart Statistics
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...all the work being done to build awareness about heart disease and stroke is worth it. ... Read more »
Love Your Heart While Caring for Your Migraines
By Teri Robert , Health Expert...men.increased risk of stroke in Migraineurs of both genders. Heart disease and stroke, both... Read more »
Why African-Americans At Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
By Melanie Thomassian , Health Expert...African-Americans, as a group, are at greater risk for heart disease and stroke. Every year more... Read more »
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How does diabetes impact lifestyle?"
...U.S. Diabetes is associated with long-term complications. Uncontrolled disease can lead to blindness, heart disease, stroke, kidney problems, amputations, and nerve damage. Diabetes can lead to... Read more »What is Cholesterol?: A Patient Guide
...Each year, more than 1 million Americans will suffer a heart attack and about 500,000 will die from heart disease. High blood cholesterol just like high blood pressure does not cause any symptoms.... Read more »Your Blood's Amazing Trip through Your Vascular System
...large-and-medium-sized arteries. A narrowing of the arteries from the build-up of plaque can lead to coronary heart disease, and can cause a heart attack when this occurs in the blood vessels... Read more »How to Use This Site
Welcome to the Heart Disease Center. Learning that you or someone you love has heart disease can be frightening. However, you're not alone: heart disease affects an estimated 62 million Americans.... Read more »Lowering Cholesterol for Patients
...total cholesterol levels can reduce your chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke, or dying of heart disease. If you already had a heart attack, keeping your cholesterol under control is... Read more »Images
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