Summary

1. Diabetes and depression increases risk of heart disease
2. This study will lead to greater prescribing of anti depression medication to diabetics.
3. Depressed diabetics may lack motivation to control diabetes

Analysis

It has been known for some time that both diabetes and depression both increase the risk of heart disease. Diabetes increases heart disease because of all the abnormal physiologic changes diabetes causes. Depression leads to destructive behaviors like smoking, drinking and over eating. This study confirms what many physicians already know. If a diabetic patient gets depressed they stop exercising, they may over eat, smoke, and drink more alcohol. This study will encourage Physician's to prescribe more anti depressants to their diabetic patients. - Dr Spurlock

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