All-Cause Mortality May Be Increased in Diabetic Patients With Comorbid Depression

Now why would this person be depressed?

"Patients with diabetes and coexisting depression have significantly increased risks for all-cause mortality, according to the results of a prospective cohort study reported in the September/October issue of the Annals of Family Medicine...

At the Group Health Cooperative in Washington State, the investigators used the Patient Health Questionnaire to evaluate depression at baseline and reviewed medical records supplemented by the Washington State mortality registry to determine the causes of death among 4184 primary care patients with type 2 diabetes."

Type 2 diabetes is fat person diabetes.

Lose the weight, lose the depression.

Gain life.