CureMyWife.com - A support network for women with chronic illness and pain » Depression http://www.curemywife.com/blog Learn about lupus, coccyydynia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, depression, mixed connective tissue disorder, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, coccygectomy, atrial fibrillation, autoimmune disorders, migraine headaches Tue, 22 Jun 2010 05:52:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Optimism can boost your immune system http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/03/25/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/03/25/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:30:16 +0000 admin http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=125
Feeling depressed and sick. Changing your outlook on life can literally change your life. [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2010/03/25/optimism-can-boost-your-immune-system/feed/ 0 Depression and Cardiovascular Disease Linked in Patients with Lupus http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/17/depression-and-cardiovascular-disease-linked-in-patients-with-lupus/ http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/17/depression-and-cardiovascular-disease-linked-in-patients-with-lupus/#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:50:56 +0000 admin http://www.curemywife.com/blog/?p=66 For patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, depression further increases their already elevated risk for cardiovascular disease, researchers said here.

In these patients, depression was associated with a nearly four-fold greater risk of subclinical atherosclerosis (OR 3.85, 95% CI 1.37 to 10.87), Carol Greco, PhD, of the University of Pittsburgh, reported at the meeting [...]]]> http://www.curemywife.com/blog/2009/11/17/depression-and-cardiovascular-disease-linked-in-patients-with-lupus/feed/ 0