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New postpartum depression research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and Weill Cornell Medicine could lead ...

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They’re working to expand their study with the goal to not only predict postpartum depression but also prevent it.

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Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development from very ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol — a necessary hormone for fetal development — and this would affect the baby's development from very ...