Omega-3 consumed during pregnancy curbs risk for postpartum depression symptoms

Omega-3 consumed during pregnancy curbs risk for postpartum depression symptoms
A new study explored whether fish oil consumption would result in a lower incidence of diagnosable postpartum depression. Researchers found that women in the treatment group had significantly lower total Postpartum Depression Screening Scale scores, with significantly fewer symptoms common to postpartum depression.

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New treatments, diagnoses for women and children with gastrointestinal disorders

New treatments, diagnoses for women and children with gastrointestinal disorders
Undiagnosed and untreated pediatric hepatitis C is a grave concern, antibiotic use in the first year of life triples the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), drugs used to treat IBD in pregnant women are beginning to show that children at nine months are slightly developmentally delayed compared to non-use of this medication during pregnancy, and drugs commonly used to treat reflux in …

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