Depression, Even if Treated, Increases Your Heart Disease Riskhttp://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2002/11/16/depression-part-eight.aspxResearchers are not sure whether the impaired artery function is caused by depression itself, drugs used to treat it or a combination of the two, but the abnormality may help explain why the risk of heart disease is doubled in people with depression.enCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Build: 31106.3070)