News:Depression A Better Predictor of Heart Disease than Genetics, Environment

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(WikiDoc) - A history of depression seems to increase a person's risk of heart disease more than any other factor, according to research presented at the American Psychosomatic Society. Doctors at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis followed 1,200 male twins from 1992 to 2005 and found those who were depressed in 1992 were more than twice as likely to develop heart disease. The researchers adjusted for outside influences like smoking, obesity, hypertension and diabetes and concluded "the findings strongly suggest that depression itself independently contributes to risk for heart disease."