Thursday, 1 March 2012

University Medical Center-Heart Disease-Medications-Depression-Statins

Statin use tied to lower depression risk: study

(Reuters) - People with heart disease who take cholesterol-lowering statins, among the most widely used medications around the world, may have a lower risk of depression than those who don't take the drugs, according to a U.S. study of nearly a thousand people. It's still not clear whether the medications themselves have anything to do with the difference in mood among users, said Christian Otte, at the Charite University Medical Center in Berlin, who led the study. But the results do support the hypothesis that clogged-up blood vessels in the brain could play a role in depression. ... read more..

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