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In Good Health: How We Live With Chronic Illness : 1A 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 percent 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 wellbeing.

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In Good Health: How We Live With Chronic Illness

In Good Health: How We Live With Chronic Illness

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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 percent 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 wellbeing.

Find more of our programs online. Listen to 1A sponsor-free by signing up for 1A+ at plus.npr.org/the1a.