Relieving PTSD symptoms may cut MI, stroke risk

Women with severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms have a nearly 70% increase in the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study by researchers from Harvard University, Columbia University, University of California–San Francisco, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The researchers analyzed data from 49,859 women in the Nurses’ Health Study II. Over 20…

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