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Maternal health risks linked to childbirth persist throughout postpartum year
Efforts to reduce maternal morbidity have primarily centered around the risk of life-threatening events during and shortly after pregnancy.
Dec 8, 2021
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Digital therapy for prenatal insomnia may prevent postpartum depression
A digital version of cognitive behavioral therapy, or dCBT, that previously had been shown to reduce insomnia during pregnancy may also prevent postpartum depression and reduce insomnia and anxiety in women up to six months ...
Dec 4, 2021
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Pediatrics
Financial stress burdens more than half of new U.S. moms: study
The joys of motherhood may be overshadowed in the United States since as many as 50% of new or expectant moms can't pay their bills, including health care bills, new research suggests.
Nov 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Patients view perinatal depression screenings as ineffective, study finds
Although many states currently mandate that pregnant and postpartum women be assessed for perinatal depression, interviews with patients in central Illinois suggest that health care providers may conduct the screenings in ...
Oct 13, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study explores how low-income mothers of color cope with depression
Social workers, clinicians and other health and human services professionals must recognize the inner strengths of low-income mothers of color when working with clients experiencing peripartum depression (PPD), according ...
Sep 8, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Online, video-based exercise program can help with postpartum abdominal bulge and back pain
A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that an online, video-based core exercise program can help with a condition many women experience after childbirth. Diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA), also known as diastasis ...
Aug 24, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Diagnosing pregnancy complications by monitoring placental oxygen
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have developed a prototype device that could potentially diagnose pregnancy complications by monitoring the oxygen level of the placenta. The device sends near-infrared light ...
Jun 17, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Negative relationships linked to worse physical and mental health in postpartum women
Postpartum women in bad romantic relationships are not only more likely to suffer symptoms of depression, they are also at greater long-term risk of illness or death, according to new research from Rice University, Ohio State ...
Jun 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain scans could offer sign of postpartum psychosis risk
Postpartum psychosis is a devastating, but rare, mental health problem that affects women in the first few weeks after giving birth. Symptoms vary widely, and can include high mood (mania), depression, confusion, hallucinations ...
May 18, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Incidence of postpartum hemorrhage lower with tranexamic acid
(HealthDay)—For women undergoing cesarean section, prophylactic use of tranexamic acid results in a lower incidence of postpartum hemorrhage, according to a study published in the April 29 issue of the New England Journal ...
Apr 29, 2021
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