New guidelines for diagnosis and management of thyroid disease during...
New evidence-based recommendations from the American Thyroid Association (ATA) provide guidance to clinicians in diagnosing and managing thyroid disease during pregnancy and the postpartum period....
View ArticlePostpartum depression affects new dads, too
(HealthDay)—Men can also suffer from postpartum depression after their baby is born.
View ArticleGestational diabetes increases risk for postpartum depression
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Karolinska Institutet have found that gestational diabetes raises the risk of postpartum depression (PPD) in first-time mothers....
View ArticlePostpartum depression and anxiety distinct from other mood disorders, brain...
On the surface, postpartum depression (PPD) looks much like other forms of depression. New mothers struggling with it often withdraw from family and friends, lose their appetites, and of course, feel...
View ArticleEating the placenta after childbirth—researchers explore perceptions of...
Placentophagy—maternal consumption of the placenta—has become increasingly prevalent in the past decade among women seeking to promote health and healing during the postpartum period. But how much do...
View ArticleDietary kit reduces baby blues, a precursor to postpartum depression
A dietary supplement kit, created to counter mood-altering brain changes linked to depression, virtually eliminated the "baby blues" among women in a new study at Toronto's Centre for Addiction and...
View ArticleLow levels of 'anti-anxiety' hormone linked to postpartum depression
In a small-scale study of women with previously diagnosed mood disorders, Johns Hopkins researchers report that lower levels of the hormone allopregnanolone in the second trimester of pregnancy were...
View ArticleClinical interviews effective in predicting postpartum depression
For non-depressed, pregnant women with histories of major depressive disorder, preventive treatment with antidepressants may not necessarily protect against postpartum depression, according to new UCLA...
View ArticlePostpartum hospital admissions for women with intellectual and developmental...
A new study has shown that women with intellectual and developmental disabilities had nearly twice the risk of a hospital or emergency department visit with the first few weeks after giving birth...
View ArticlePopular iPhone app to study postpartum depression expands to new countries,...
The UNC School of Medicine today launched the Android version of PPD ACT, a mobile app-based study helping to further the understanding of why some women suffer from Postpartum Depression (PPD) and...
View ArticleMothers living with HIV with high CD4+ counts may benefit from continuing ART...
Mothers in the early phases of HIV infection who continued antiretroviral therapy (ART) postpartum experienced a significantly slower rate of disease progression than those who stopped using ART after...
View ArticleExercise may help combat postpartum depression
An analysis of published studies indicates that physical exercise during pregnancy and the postpartum period is a safe way to achieve better psychological well-being and to reduce postpartum depressive...
View ArticleC-section scars can be psychological too: 'What did I do wrong?'
Emily Keber-Goldrick remembers the moment she was told she needed a C-section.
View ArticleResearchers lead clinical trial evaluating potential treatment for PPD
Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine announced the publication of results from a multi-site phase 2 clinical trial with brexanolone, an investigational medication, in the...
View ArticleWhy some women are more likely to feel depressed
It's no secret that the risk of depression increases for women when their hormones are fluctuating. Especially vulnerable times include the menopause transition and onset of postmenopause. There's also...
View ArticleFamily factors may influence a child's temperament
A new study indicates that a child's temperament may be influenced by maternal postpartum depression, maternal sensitivity, and family functioning. Maternal depression was associated with difficult...
View ArticleMedia portrayals of pregnant women, new moms unrealistic, study says
Whether it's a pregnant character on a TV show or a photo spread heralding a celebrity's rapid recovery of her pre-pregnancy physique, media portrayals of pregnant and postpartum women tend to be...
View ArticlePostpartum depression can affect dads – hormones may be to blame
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke Shields, Drew Barrymore and Chrissy Teigen have publicly shared their struggles with feeling sad and hopeless after...
View ArticleSwings in dad's testosterone affects the family—for better or worse—after...
Postpartum depression is often associated with mothers, but a new study shows that fathers face a higher risk of experiencing it themselves if their testosterone levels drop nine months after their...
View ArticlePostpartum depression risk, duration and recurrence
Postpartum affective disorder (AD), including postpartum depression (PPD), affects more than one in two hundred women with no history of prior psychiatric episodes, and raises the risk of later...
View ArticleStudy reveals potential new treatment for postpartum smokers
Women who took replacement progesterone after giving birth had decreased cravings to smoke and were more likely to stay off cigarettes, according to a new Yale study that assessed the use of...
View ArticleTeam develops iPhone app to screen for postpartum depression
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital's (MGH) Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health have developed the MGH Perinatal Depression Scale (MGHPDS) , a free iPhone application designed...
View ArticleWomen who give birth in winter or spring less likely to have postpartum...
Women who give birth in winter or spring are less likely than women who deliver in the fall or summer to suffer from postpartum depression (PPD), suggests a study being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY...
View ArticleSeverely bleeding patients must receive lifesaving drug within minutes, not...
Major bleeds must be treated with tranexamic acid (TXA) as fast as possible since deaths occur quickly and the drug's life-saving benefits diminish with each passing minute, according to a new study...
View ArticleHair cortisol levels predict which mothers are more likely to suffer...
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), who belong to the Brain, Mind and Behavior Research Center (CIMCYC, from its abbreviation in Spanish) and the Faculty of Psychology, have proven that...
View ArticleEvidence-based approach to treating post-delivery pain in new moms during...
Women who undergo vaginal delivery often do not require opioids to manage pain after hospital discharge, concludes a study published in Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American...
View ArticlePaving the way to a drug for post-partum depression
For women with postpartum depression—by some estimates, nearly one in five new mothers—the announcement last week of positive results in clinical trials of a drug to help alleviate their symptoms was...
View ArticlePlacenta consumption offers few benefits for new moms
A groundbreaking study by UNLV researchers shows that taking placenta capsules has little to no effect on postpartum mood, maternal bonding, or fatigue, when compared to a placebo.
View ArticleNeuroscientists shed light on causes of postpartum depression using new...
Postpartum depression strikes nearly one in five new mothers, who may experience anxiety, severe fatigue, inability to bond with their children and suicidal thoughts. Such depression has also been...
View ArticleLow cost, easy to administer drug may be the key to preventing maternal deaths
Postpartum hemorrhage (major blood loss after labor and birth) is the leading cause of maternal mortality worldwide, accounting for approximately one-quarter of all maternal deaths. In a study to be...
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