Age-Related Eye Diseases Raise Risk of Heart Disease–Depression Combo, Long

China: Patients with age-related eye diseases (AREDs) face a significantly higher likelihood of developing both coronary heart disease (CHD) and depression together than either condition alone, a large population-based study has found. "Over nearly 12 years of follow-up, the presence of AREDs was linked to a 10% higher risk of CHD, a 28% higher risk of depression, and a striking 37% higher risk of developing the two conditions simultaneously," the researchers reported in Psychology Research and Behavior Management. The research, led by Xue He and colleagues from the Guangdong Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University in Guangzhou, used data from the extensive UK Biobank