Stress linked to worse outcomes for young women with heart disease

Stress much more harmful young and middle-aged women cardiovascular disease than patients," said University cardiologist Paolo Raggi. long-term complication rate and recurrence rate are much higher. " Researchers 662 patients three years. person was assessed mental illness, post-traumatic disorder (PTSD), anger, higher was associated higher adverse outcomes including stroke, each measured increase on psychological score was associated 44 percent increase in cardiovascular events. The study one dozens produced by group 80 psychologists, radiologists and specialists, who have spent decade working together understand link between Stress linked to disease and mental illness.

(CNN) Death rates in the United States due to cardiometabolic diseases -- heart disease, stroke, diabetes and high blood pressure -- have either plateaued or climbed in recent years, new research reveals. The rates of death from those health conditions were declining but then hit a concerning inflection point in 2010, and either remained unchanged or increased thereafter, according to research published in the medical journal JAMA on Tuesday. "We are losing ground in the battle against cardiovascular disease. Understanding what stress and heart disease is contributing to these alarming trends may help direct specific strategies for prevention," said Dr. Sadiya Khan, an assistant professor of cardiology at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, who was the senior author of the research. "Even more alarming are the persistent disparities with higher death rates among black Americans compared with white Americans," Khan said. The research found that black adults consistently had higher cardiometabolic-related death rates than white adults, and black men had the highest rates.

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