Among 24,000 patients with heart disease studied over many years, those who suffered from depression were at twice the risk of dying, according recently published findings from Intermountain Healthcare. A statistical analysis discovered the 2,646 patients who were later diagnosed with depression were twice as likely to die during the average of 10 years they were tracked following the first detection of heart disease, said Heidi May, the lead author of the study and a cardiovascular epidemiologist at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute.

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