Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health risk for new dads
Researchers have found anxiety around the arrival of a new baby is just as common as postnatal depression, and the risks for men are nearly as high as for women.
Nov 16, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Health information causing new mums anxiety
Pregnancy and motherhood are both wonderful and worrisome times – could public health campaigns and social stereotypes be contributing to anxiety for mothers? Researchers from Monash University have identified links between ...
Jul 02, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women who experience postpartum depression before giving birth may face greater risk
When it comes to postpartum depression, one size does not fit all, according to a new study led by University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers.
Jan 15, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What's best for depressed pregnant women and their infants?
Do the benefits of treating depressed pregnant women with antidepressants outweigh the risks of the drug exposure to their babies in terms of neonatal health and long-term development?
Oct 15, 2013
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Health
Depressive symptoms and intimate partner violence in the 12 months after childbirth
Forty percent of women who report depressive symptoms following birth also reported intimate partner violence finds a new study published today (7 December) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
Dec 07, 2011
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Health
Surviving premature babies in Malawi continue to have poor growth rates and development delay
A detailed study from Malawi, published in this week's PLoS Medicine, shows that during the first 2 years of life, infants who were born prematurely (before 37 weeks gestation) continue to have a higher risk of death than ...
Nov 08, 2011
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Anxious pregnant mothers more likely to have smaller babies
A new study published in the journal Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology reveals that anxiety in pregnant women impacts their babies' size and gestational age. Specifically, women with more severe and chronic anxiety during ...
Oct 27, 2009
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Milk protein supplement may help prevent sepsis in very low birth-weight infants
Very low birth-weight newborns who received the milk protein lactoferrin alone or in combination with a probiotic had a reduced incidence of late-onset sepsis, according to a study in the October 7 issue of JAMA.
Oct 06, 2009
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Women with diabetes before or during pregnancy at higher risk of depression
Low-income pregnant women and new mothers with diabetes have nearly twice the risk of experiencing depression during and after pregnancy than women without diabetes, according to a study in the February 25 issue of JAMA.
Feb 24, 2009
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