Negative thinking may have a bigger role in how heart failure patients fare
Friday, November 14, 2008 - 14:42
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at the University of Kentucky found that patients who had negative thinking patterns, such as thoughts about not being able to justify their own existence, were at higher risk for developing depression. Heart patients with depression have been shown to have more complications, including a higher risk of death...
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