In the world of family planning the question “Which contraceptive method is best for me?” is a common one. The World Health Organization (WHO) has tried to address this through a document called Medical Eligibility [...]
An updated version of this post can be found HERE. Two thirds of all breast cancer tumors are known to have receptors that respond to hormones; that is they can grow in response to estrogen. [...]
We have seen articles over the last decade which suggest that while some women experience clinically significant psychological symptoms after early pregnancy loss, the vast majority of women manage to navigate this stressful life event [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another medication for the management of pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting. It is not really a new medication but is similar to Diclegis, a combination doxylamine succinate [...]
Many women report cognitive difficulties — forgetfulness, distractibility, feeling foggy — as they enter into the menopause. Looking at sex-related differences in memory, Rentz and colleagues examined 212 men and women between the ages of [...]
When we meet women for consultations regarding the use of psychotropic medications during pregnancy, we focus primarily on the impact of medications on the developing fetus and the pregnancy. However, we need also to address [...]
There is an interesting article this week which looks at the long-term impact of prenatal depression on the developing fetus. Following children for 25 years, Plant and colleagues observed that the children exposed to maternal [...]
When we meet with women to discuss the reproductive safety of antidepressant medications, one of the most challenging and anxiety-provoking aspects of the consultation is the discussion we have regarding the long-term effects of prenatal [...]
The research of Lynne Murray and Peter Cooper in the 1990s was pivotal in terms of demonstrating the negative effects of postpartum depression on the cognitive development of young children and played an important role [...]
The first article on the list is one that relies on the Swedish medical registers to look neonatal outcomes in infants prenatally exposed to antidepressants. While the study does not generate new things to worry [...]
