The link between Anxiety Disorder and heart health has been proven in two major studies over the last year.
Anxiety Disorder can be just as important as other factors, such as high cholesterol, in determining whether you get heart disease or not.
Previous studies have shown that mental stress and depression have harmful effects on the heart and blood vessels. But until this year there has been little information on the corrosive effects of Anxiety Disorder on the heart or the benefits of relieving Anxiety over time.
The two studies, both published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, each found that having an Anxiety Disorder almost doubles your chance of a heart attack. Other studies have found that women with Anxiety are more prone than men to both suffer from heart disease and to have negative effects from Anxiety after a heart attack.
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