PTSD-stricken veterans may be at higher risk for heart disease
Friday, June 28, 2013 - 01:30
in Health & Medicine
Experts expect that 400,000 or more U.S. veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq will suffer from PTSD at some point. A new study suggests that they'll have more to worry about than a debilitating psychiatric condition — they could also be at much greater risk for heart disease, the nation's leading cause of death.