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Depression – A Disease of the Heart

Depression is not just a disease of the mind. Depression hurts the heart, too. It is well known that major depressive disorders increase the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Dysfunctional autonomic control of the cardiovasc [...]

Posted On : Mar, 05 2012 | Comments : 0

Taking depression to heart

Heart attack patients who also suffer from depression are more likely to be readmitted for cardiac events and chest pains in the future, and have 14 percent more days of hospitalization than their happier counterparts, says researcher Vic [...]

Posted On : Feb, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Heart Patients With Depression Often Find ER Delays

A new study finds that heart attack patients with a history of depression are less likely than other heart attack patients to receive priority care at emergency departments. Canadian researchers analyzed data on 6,874 heart attack p [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression and Diabetes Make Greater Heart Risk

Women who experience diabetes and depression have an elevated risk of dying from heart disease, as well as an increased risk of dying over a six-year period, claim researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston. The research, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

Depression Drugs Linked to Heart Disease Risk: Study

Scientists have found that the older type of antidepressant drug, tricyclic, is linked to a 35 per cent increase in heart disease, the U.K. Daily Telegraph reported. A study, involving nearly 15,000 people in Scotland, was carried out by [...]

Posted On : Dec, 02 2010 | Comments : 0

Heart risk higher in Type D personalities--study

Pessimistic, stressed-out people are more prone to heart problems. According to the findings of a new study, “distressed” people, having a personality profile known as Type D, carry thrice the risk of future heart problems, c [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Heart study sheds light on depression risk

The study used data from Australia's only longitudinal lifespan study, PATH Through Life, which tracks the health and welfare of more than 7,000 people in the ACT and Queanbeyan region. of depression and found the factors varied across diff [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Depression Drug Norpramin Linked to Fatal Heart Complication...

The Food and Drug Administration and drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis are telling physicians about changes to the prescribing and warnings sections of the packaging for Norpramin, a drug for the treatment of depression. The new safety information [...]

Posted On : Dec, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Links Explored Between Depression, Heart Disease

Having coronary artery disease (CAD) may have a larger sustained effect on the risk of developing major depression than vice-versa, according to research published in the August issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry. Kenneth S. Kendl [...]

Posted On : Aug, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Genetic factors may predict depression in heart disease pati...

Individuals with heart disease are twice as likely to suffer from depression as the general population, an association the medical community has largely been unable to explain. Now, a new study by researchers at The Miriam Hospital, in conj [...]

Posted On : May, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Depression after heart disease raises heart failure risk

Heart patients who become depressed are at greater risk for heart failure (HF), a condition in which the heart can”t pump enough blood throughout the body, says a new study. The study published in the April 21, 2009, issue of the Jou [...]

Posted On : Apr, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Depression gets to the heart of the matter

Living with depression affects multiple factors of life.Individuals can become isolated and withdrawn, shutting out the entire world around them. Exercise is probably the last thing on a person's mind when coping with the mental illness. No [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2009 | Comments : 0

Depression: It Can Harm a Woman's Heart

It’s been a while since researchers discovered depression is a key predictor of heart disease even of not surviving a heart attack. More and more, though, studies are revealing that depression can be a precursor to coronary hear [...]

Posted On : Mar, 13 2009 | Comments : 0

Depression ups heart disease risk more than genetics

A new study suggests that depression increases the risk of heart disease more than genetics. Led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the VA, the study was presented at the annual meeting of the Americ [...]