Depression & Stress Tests
Hi folks, Theirs been a lot of talk in this group lately about depression and how to counteract it. Well, here's just another little something else to get depressed over. This article is from HeartCenter Online. You can sign up for a free...thats not so depressing...email subscription. I've included a small excerpt and the link to the web site. Depression interferes with exercise stress testing Oct 28 (Reuters Health) - People with depression who have suspected heart disease don't do well on exercise tests, Canadian investigators report.......... Symptoms of major depression include lack of energy and fatigue. These may impair exercise performance during treadmill stress testing, and thus interfere with the detection of heart problems, according to a report in the American Heart Journal. www.heartcenteronline.com/myheartdr/home/research-detail.cfm? reutersid=4811&nl=4 Bill Southern California