About 15% of women suffer from perinatal depression -- depression which emerges during pregnancy or the postpartum period; however, most women with perinatal depression do not receive any  type of treatment.  While we have made [...]
Happy New Year! Â We are not even three weeks into January, and it promises to be a busy year. Â At the top of the list is the study from Cantarutti and colleagues which observed that [...]
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a growth factor which acts on neurons in both the central and peripheral nervous systems, promoting the survival of neurons and promoting the growth and differentiation of new neurons and [...]
The US Surgeon General made the recommendation in 1989 that a five-year longitudinal cohort study was necessary to provide data about the health effects of an elective termination on women. To rise to this challenge, [...]
Most studies observe that about 15% of women experience postpartum depression (PPD). Â For the majority of women who present with postpartum depression, the postpartum episode is not the first ever episode of depression and instead [...]
Neural tube defects are among the most common major congenital anomalies in the United States and are associated with significant disability and death. Â The risk of neural tube defects can be prevented with daily folic [...]
Happy New Year! It is that time of the year again when we take the time to look back and review the previous year. Â Probably the most striking thing I see is the sheer volume [...]
The following post was first published in OB/GYN News. Please see our OB/GYN News archives here. Publish date: November 1, 2016 By: Gerald G. Briggs, BPharm, FCCP, Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH, Lee S. Cohen, MD, & Gideon Koren, MD Editor’s note: As [...]
According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, there has been a significant increase in the use of marijuana among pregnant women over the last decade. Â Among all pregnant women, the [...]
An increasing number of studies are using yoga as an adjunctive or primary treatment for a variety of psychiatric symptoms, most commonly depression, anxiety and sleep disturbance. Â A new study, published online in Schizophrenia Research, [...]
