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Cardiovascular Research
After a heart attack, women need to recover emotionally as well as physically
February 1st, 2007
According to a recent issue of Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, recovering emotionally from a heart attack is vitally important to your physical health and well-being. Women under age 60 who've experienced a heart attack seem most prone to depression. In one study, the prevalence of depression in women age 60 or younger was 40 %, compared to 22 % for men in the same age group. According to Mayo Clinic Women's HealthSource, people who develop depression after a heart attack are more likely to need hospital care within a year for a heart-related problem than are other heart attack survivors. They are also three times more likely to die...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-02-01)
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