Study coordinates depression treatment with disease care

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 20:00 in Health & Medicine

A study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that patients do significantly better when their depression is treated in conjunction with their diabetes or heart disease.Patients with heart disease or diabetes who suffer from depression as well are notoriously difficult to treat: They have more severe complications and a higher mortality rate than patients who aren't depressed.

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