A new research suggests that the severity of a person's depression may increase their odds of having heart disease or stroke. The results of the study were published in the journal of the American Heart Association. Cardiovascular diseases are impacted by and related to a variety of aspects of health and well-being including mental health said study author Yosef M. Khan M.D. Ph.D. M.P.H. national director of Health Informatics and Analytics for the American Heart Association in Dallas Texas. We found that the level of depression was strongly tied to living with heart disease and stroke even after accounting for other factors that could