Wartime Stress May Cause Heart Attack Later

Week of January 08, 2007

A recent study of 1,946 male veterans of World War II and Korea by the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston suggests that veterans with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at greater risk of heart attacks in later life. The new study is the first to document a link between PTSD symptoms and future heart disease. The Army study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Veterans Affairs and appears in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

To find more information and resources for PTSD, visit http://www.military.com/benefits/resources/ptsd-overview.