Saturday, May 9, 2009

Depression Increases Possibility of Heart Attack


According to a study conducted with 63, 469 women, researchers found that women who were clinically depressed were more than twice likely to suffer a fatal heart attack. The study started with women who were healthy and followed them as they started showing symptoms of depression or started taking anti depression drugs. Once the woman is depressed, she will more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, diabetes and elevated cholesterol, factors which can trigger heart disease.

The study also raised the possibility that those symptoms were caused by the drugs, which in my opinion and experience working with people can be very true.

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