postpartum depression

Innovative Supplement Prevents Postpartum Blues

Health
Rachel Carter

Summary: A new study introduces a natural supplement that significantly reduces postpartum blues and depression symptoms. The four-year study demonstrated that the ...

‘Eldest daughter syndrome’ occurs in first-born girls of stressed moms

Health
Rachel Carter

They’re merely chips off the old block.  Eldest daughters with one or more younger siblings tend to bear the brunt of the household, babysitting ...

Prozac use in pregnancy can affect fetal brain development: study

Health
Rachel Carter

Women’s Health By Tracy Swartz Published Feb. 18, 2024, 7:02 p.m. ET Taking antidepressants such as Prozac during pregnancy can affect the ...

Women with perinatal depression have an increased risk of death, new study says. Here’s what you need to know.

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

Perinatal depression is mood disorder that can occur during a woman’s pregnancy or up to a year after giving birth. (Photo: Getty ...

In the mystery of postpartum depression, the immune system offers clues

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

For decades scientists have been trying to solve the mystery of postpartum depression, including why it strikes some women and not others. ...

Men can also experience postpartum depression. Dads share what it’s like.

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

About 1 in 7 women develops postpartum depression (PPD) after giving birth. In a press release this summer announcing the approval of ...

The first oral pill to treat postpartum depression is expected to be available in December — and cost nearly $16,000 without insurance

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

Zurzuvae, the recently FDA-approved pill to treat postpartum depression. (Image: Getty; illustration by Alex Cochran for Yahoo) (Illustration by Alex Cochran for ...

‘My children never judge anything about themselves’

LifeStyle
Olivia Martin

Welcome to So Mini Ways, Yahoo Life’s parenting series on the joys and challenges of child-rearing. After welcoming her first daughter, Cleo ...