“This study shows that pregnancy and the postnatal period is a good time to identify and support women who experience both depression and partner violence,” noted Professor Philip Steer, editor of the journal where the study was published in.
In the new study, researchers discovered that 16 percent of women reported depressive symptoms in the 12 months postpartum, with most women first reporting depressive symptoms in the second 6 months after birth.
Below is just a small sample or research that could change the lives of people living with MS in the near future. A live webcast to be held December 13, 8 P.M. ET featuring internationally prominent MS investigators will examine key MS research to follow in 2012.
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Ibrahim Abubakar, head of TB surveillance at the HPA and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at the University of East Anglia said: “This study clearly shows that future guidance to healthcare workers, especially midwives and health visitors, should take into account that the risk of TB may be increased during pregnancy or shortly after giving birth.
International Progressive MS Consortium launched – This group of MS societies and the MS International Federation met for the first time to establish mutual goals and priorities to drive research and to harness more resources aimed at progressive forms of MS.
Researchers from the Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Partners Multiple Sclerosis Center are recruiting 5,000 subjects who have at least one first-degree relative with a diagnosis of MS. The goal is to identify the genetic, environmental and immune profiles that may increase a person’s risk of developing MS.
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