Diabetes and Depression: Both are intertwined
with heart disease
Diabetes and depression run together often enough
that researchers have long wondered if one might cause the other.
There's little doubt that living with a hazardous chronic condition
like diabetes can put you on the road to depression.
Research presented at the 2006 America Diabetes
Association meeting may complete the circle. A study from John
Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland) suggests that certain
hormonal changes that accompany depression may lead to diabetes. And
a surprising analysis from a large diabetes prevention trial hints
that the use of antidepressants is somehow linked to diabetes.
That work is so new, and the connection is so
surprising that the benefits of taking antidepressants still far
outweigh the supposed risk of diabetes. Diabetes and depression are
bad enough on their own. Both are also intertwined with heart
disease. Being aware of the links is important.
If you have diabetes, or know someone who does,
be on the lookout for signs of depression, since it can interfere
with efforts to control blood sugar through eating well, exercising
and taking medications. If you suffer from depression, ask your
doctor to keep tabs on your alone sugar. Keeping this duo in check
can help you avoid a heart attack or stroke.
Read more about
Depression here
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