Link between depression and heart disease cuts both ways
Laura Williamson, American Heart Association News
May 25, 2021
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The day 23-year-old Jordan Chaffiotte was discharged from the hospital following her successful open-heart surgery should have been a happy one. A cause for celebration.
Instead, she found herself sobbing in the living room with her parents and sister, struggling with guilt and depression. Before I left the hospital, the doctor gave me a clear picture that it was normal after heart surgery to have feelings of depression, said Chaffiotte of Bridgewater, New Jersey. All of the doctors warned me I would feel this way, but you just don t expect it to happen to you.
New clues on why more men than women develop severe disease
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that, among men, low testosterone levels in the blood are linked to more severe COVID-19. The study contradicts widespread assumptions that higher testosterone may explain why men, on average, develop more severe COVID-19 than women do. (Image: Sara Moser)
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Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence that men with COVID-19 fare worse, on average, than women with the infection. One theory is that hormonal differences between men and women may make men more susceptible to severe disease. And since men have much more testosterone than women, some scientists have speculated that high levels of testosterone may be to blame.
New Delhi, May 25
Months after recovering from mild cases of Covid-19, people still have immune cells which produce antibodies against the novel coronavirus, according to a study.
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