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Depression and Health

By: WHSV Staff
Posted: Thu 9:22 PM, Nov 16, 2006

If you're depressed, your mood may not be the only thing affected.
A new report finds a link between heart disease and depression, with one out of every three heart failure patients suffering from depression.
A doctor says depressed patients may have higher levels of stress hormone which may damage the heart.
Or, she says, they may just stop taking prescriptions, exercising and eating well.


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