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Blood Test May Help Identify Mothers At Risk Of Post Natal Depression
May 21, 2012 by NewsBot
About one in seven new mothers suffer from postnatal depression (PND), a condition that usually starts about two weeks after childbirth. A simple, accurate blood test to determine which women may be most at risk could soon be developed due to the discovery Warwick University researchers' made when they examined women for specific genetic variants...