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Depression and cardiovascular disease
10-15-2007 · EurekAlert!Latest research is now available that helps us to understand which common biological changes are involved in the already known link between depression and life-threatening cardiovascular disease. Alexander Glassman will present and discuss the therapeutic consequences of these findings.
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