Tag: depression
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Medical Misinformation Takes Two Lives | Baby News
Jessica Cronshaw, a 26 year old teacher in Blackburn, Lancashire (UK) found she was expecting her first baby in June of 2022. She suffered with hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe, even life-threatening form of morning sickness, and was prescribed the anti-nausea medication Xonvea. Then weeks later, a midwife, Allison Whitehead, told her over a telephone consultation…
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Low-dose esketamine for postpartum depression | Baby News
There is hope that a low dose injection of esketamine following childbirth may prevent post partum depression based on a study published in BMJ. Between June 2020 and Aug 2022, the researchers followed 361 mothers with no prior history of depression, interviewing them 18-30 hours after birth, at 7 days, and on day 42. They…
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