You may have one of the biggest risk factors for heart attack, and your doctor doesn't even know it. While doctors screening for heart problems know to monitor smoking, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, few pay attention to a potentially more serious foe: depression. "In cardiology there have been dozens of studies done on hypertension," said Kenneth Freedland, professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, who has been studying the link between depression and heart disease since the 1980s. "We need to make sure the public and medical community understand that this is an important problem, too."
| • | Depression: hidden cause of heart attack?
The Wall Street Journal, Monday, Feb. 23, 2004 |
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| Story also ran in 2 others: Boston Globe and Charleston Gazette (WV) |
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Publication Information Revised: Thursday, July 15, 2004 |