Tag Archives: SEPTEMBER

ICUs are nearing capacity in this French city. And it’s only September

That’s how Dr. Olivier Joannes-Boyau, head of the intensive care unit at University Hospital in the southwestern city of Bordeaux, describes the resurgence of Covid-19 in France. After young French people took advantage of the lifting of lockdown and summer months to socialize freely, Covid-19 hospitalizations have risen in large cities like Paris, Bordeaux and… Read More »

Weekly Roundup for SEPTEMBER 27, 2019: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

Inflammatory bowel disease and new-onset psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and post partum: a population-based cohort study. Vigod SN, Kurdyak P, Brown HK, Nguyen GC, Targownik LE, Seow CH, Kuenzig ME, Benchimol EI.  Gut. 2019 Sep;68(9):1597-1605.  Risk of new onset mental illness was elevated in women with IBD in the postpartum period (aHR 1.20, 95%?CI 1.09… Read More »

Weekly Roundup for SEPTEMBER 20, 2019: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

Preterm birth as a risk factor for postpartum depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. de Paula Eduardo JAF, de Rezende MG, Menezes PR, Del-Ben CM.  J Affect Disord. 2019 Aug 21;259:392-403. Most of the studies supported the association between preterm birth (PTB) and postpartum depression (PPD). However, 8 studies did not find such association and,… Read More »