PTSD Causes Early Death From Heart Disease, Study Suggests

Monday, July 7, 2008 - 08:28 in Health & Medicine

A new study sheds light on the link between PTSD and heart disease. Vietnam veterans with PTSD suffered higher rates of heart disease death than veterans without PTSD. The more severe the PTSD diagnosis, the greater the likelihood of death from heart disease, the study showed.

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