Depression & the heart

I ran across this interesting article. It wasn't very comforting.

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2009Mar10/0,4670,MEDHeartDepression,00.html

Basically Columbia University Researchers ran a study that concluded that depression can lead to heart disease. There is also a link between antidepressant use and sudden cardiac death. They weren't sure if the link was antidepressants themselves causing cardiac problems, or the fact that the women who used antidepressants were more severely depressed. They also stated that the impact among African American women is probably greater.