Physio Exercises can Assist in Beating Postnatal Depression

According to a study, researchers found that new mothers can battle with postnatal blues with the aid of a physiotherapist-led exercise and education program on wellbeing.

The researchers separated 161 postnatal women with no depressive symptoms in two different groups to check the consequence of the program. The experimental group got an eight-week "Mother and Baby" program, including specialized exercises given by a women's health physiotherapist coalesced with parenting education.

In the second lot, "Education Only" partakers received only the written educational matter. The participants of both groups were reviewed for psychological wellbeing using the Positive Affect Balance Scale, depressive symptoms using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.

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INFANT ESTROGEN LEVELS TRACKED THROUGH DIAPER RESEARCH

With the help of babies and more than 5,000 of their diapers, Emory University researchers have developed an accurate, noninvasive method to determine estrogen levels in infants.

The method, previously used in nonhuman primates, will allow researchers to learn more about the association between estrogen levels in human infants and their long-term reproductive development as well as the development of sex-specific behaviors, such as toy preference or cognitive differences. What's more, the method will also allow researchers to look at how early disruption of the endocrine system affects long-term maturation, a growing concern among researchers and physicians.

Surprisingly little is known about hormone levels during human infancy. Previous human research has focused on the measurement of hormones in blood, urine and saliva. The new data are the result of using fecal samples collected from cotton diapers.

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