American Heart Association

Hopelessness linked to thickening of neck arteries, stroke in healthy women

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 24th, 2009

Feelings of hopelessness appear to be associated with increased thickening of neck arteries in healthy, middle-aged women, while apathy among stroke survivors appears common and may impede recovery, according to two unrelated studies reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis said hopelessness - negative thinking and feelings of uselessness - affects arteries independent of clinical depression and other known cardiovascular risk factors before women develop clinically relevant cardiovascular disease. The study found: A consistent, progressive and linear association between increasing carotid...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-09-24)

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