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They’re immigrants, farmworkers, and new moms. And they’re facing postpartum depression at higher rates

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Over more than a decade working with immigrant farmworkers in the public clinics of the Santa Clara River Valley, Rosemary Hernandez has seen many new moms struggle during the postpartum period. Their isolation and vulnerability compounded the challenges of caring for a newborn, and drove many of these mothers into anxiety and depression.

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STAT+: FTC to probe the role of middlemen in worsening drug shortage crisis

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while three leading wholesalers supply about 90% of medicines to hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes, among others. The move comes amid growing anxiety over shortages of numerous medicines — from chemotherapies to antibiotics — in recent years.

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Mind-altering ketamine becomes latest pain treatment, despite little research or regulation

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Prescriptions for ketamine have soared in recent years, driven by for-profit clinics and telehealth services offering the medication as a treatment for pain, depression, anxiety and other conditions. WASHINGTON (AP) — As U.S.

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When young people survive cancer, their mental-health struggles are often just beginning

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The meta-analysis of 52 clinical studies measured the prevalence and severity of psychological disorders in over 20,000 young cancer survivors. But the trauma that patients experience as they deal with the disease can pose a lifelong risk to their mental health, according to a recent analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.

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High ADHD comorbidity rates offer opportunity for pipeline products to capture market: GlobalData

Express Pharma

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a clinically heterogenous neurodevelopmental disorder with high rates of comorbidity with other childhood-onset psychiatric disorders as well as learning disorders. Among these some are showing early potential to address anxiety and depression comorbidity. |n per cent and 28.3

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STAT+: Milestone Pharma’s nasal spray rapidly restores normal heart rhythm, achieving goal of key study

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Milestone Pharmaceuticals said Monday that an experimental nasal-spray medicine acted quickly to treat people experiencing episodes of a rapid but non-fatal heart rate — more than doubling the conversion to normal heart rhythm and achieving the primary goal of a late-stage clinical trial.

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STAT+: FDA advisory panel to debate contentious data on Medtronic’s high blood pressure device

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Data from an analysis of three randomized clinical trials of ReCor Medical’s device showed a modest decrease in blood pressure after two months compared to a control group that received a placebo procedure. Neither study presented serious safety concerns. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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