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Depression Can Break Your Heart Internet URL http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/heartbreak.cfm Sponsoring Agency National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health Description Research over the past two decades has shown that depression and heart disease are common companions and, what is worse, each can lead to the other. It appears now that depression is an important risk factor for heart disease along with high blood cholesterol and high blood pressure. Related Topics Depression Review Date 6/22/2004

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