In a study which appeared in the November 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers questioned the American Heart Association’s recent suggestion that heart patients be automatically screened for depression.
Dr. Brett Thombs, of McGill and the affiliated Jewish General Hospital, and Dr. Roy Ziegelstein, of Johns Hopkins, said there was not enough evidence to support this “massive, expensive
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Information on depression is seen almost daily in the media. The World Health Organization projected that depression will rank second in worldwide disease burden by 2020. Heart disease will remain first.
Depression is recognized as the leading cause of disability measured in disability adjusted life years (DALYs). DALYs are defined as the sum of years of potential life lost due to premature mortality and the years of productive
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