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Post-partum depression is costing us billions. Can cities help?
By Rachel Somerstein for Next City Amaryllis Castillo gets to work at 7:45 a.m. for her job as a certified home health aide. The mother of two, who is 26 weeks pregnant, works a six-hour shift caring ...
Wisconsin Examiner1d
Lawmakers again propose extending postpartum Medicaid
A bipartisan group of lawmakers support a bill to extend the mother’s postpartum coverage period to a year, but it faces ...
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Hormonal markers could lead to early detection of postpartum depression
Women who go on to develop postpartum depression (PPD) may have characteristic levels of neuroactive steroids, molecules derived from the hormone progesterone, in their blood during the third ...
Many new moms in Texas don’t know they qualify for a year of Medicaid, doctors say
Almost all of the pregnant women Dr. Joshua Splinter sees at his rural East Texas practice are on Medicaid. For years, he ...
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Georgia woman struggling with postpartum depression finds encouragement, healing in support group
Giving birth can bring joy or even depression for some mothers. “I am the parent but they are the teacher,” said Cambria ...
Odessa American3d
‘Wrap around the family’: Doulas, community health workers push Texas to cover more services for pregnant women
The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.