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Depression Linked to Higher Risk for Cardiovascular Events In Younger Women, Study Finds

A new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association investigates whether depression can be a "hidden" risk factor to explain why younger women with depression suffer at a disproportionately higher rate from adverse cardiac events compared with age-matched men.Researchers from the departments of cardiology and epidemiology at Emory University School of Medicine conducted a study to assess whether depression in women aged 55 and younger is associated with higher risk for coronary artery disease and adverse outcomes compared with age-matched males and older women with depression. The...

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Published By: Psychiatric News - 4 days ago