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Mental health issues might lead to heart ailments: Experts
| Not just a bad diet and a sedentary lifestyle,but mental health issues such as anxiety, anger, stress and depression adversely affect the heart. |
| Clinical research has shown that the risk factor for developing coronary diseases goes up significantly for people suffering from anxiety and depression. |
| According to experts, epidemiological studies have shown that people with depression have a three to six fold increase in probability of developing coronary diseases. Some Dutch studies have identified vital exhaustion,burn-out,demoralisation and fatigue as risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD). |