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1A's In Good Health: How we live with chronic illness

A bottle of antidepressant pills named Effexor is shown photographed in Miami, Florida.
A bottle of antidepressant pills named Effexor is shown photographed in Miami, Florida.

Over half of adults in America live with a chronic illness.

Nearly 1 in 5 people who have heart disease or have had a cardiac arrest also have depression. And for people who have been diagnosed with cancer, around 42% have experienced depression. 

Today, as part of our series In Good Health, we talk about the intersection between chronic conditions like heart disease and our mental well-being. 


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Arfie Ghedi
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