According to the journal Pediatrics, the answer may be yes. A new study by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Md., found that 4-year-olds whose mother suffered mild or moderate depression during their first year of life were 40% more likely to be at or below the 10th percentile for height than children ... read more »

Welfare officials are investigating the apparent drowning death of a 10-week-old baby girl after she had been left unattended in the bathtub by her mother on Wednesday. According to reports, Julia Duda’s mother allegedly left her alone for several minutes so that she could get a cup of coffee and when she returned found the ... read more »

A 22-month-old girl died from severe neglect after her mother stopped caring for her and responding to her basic needs. The girl’s mother, Tiffany Nicole Klapheke, 21, said that she was depressed about her husband’s deployment and told Abilene’s KTAB-TV in an interview from jail that she knew she should have been a good mother ... read more »

Researchers have confirmed that there is a connection between the magnitude of depressive symptoms and both the quality of life of heart failure patients and also the frequency of heart attacks and the prospect of survival in these patients. Kyoung Suk Lee, PhD, of the University of Kentucky at Lexington reported these results from a ... read more »

Alyssa O’Shell died of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) on October 28th, 2008. The little girl was taken away from her family in June of that year after doctors reported the parents for suspected child abuse when the baby presented at the hospital with 11 bone fractures. William O’Shell , Alyssa’s father and a respected police ... read more »

Having a baby can take a lot out of a woman. Not only is there anxiety about inevitable weight gain, there are also issues with depression that shouldn’t be ignored. Most ladies know exercise boosts endorphins, helping to chase away those post-baby blues, but now there is something else exercise does: stimulates orgasms. That’s right; ... read more »

You’d be surprised to know that shock therapy–the bombardment of the brain with electrical currents–is still used in modern medicine. What’s even more surprising is that it’s the most effective method of treating people with severe depression, including postpartum psychosis. Back in the 1930′s, doctors would induce brain seizures through the application of electricity to ... read more »

Back when most families were single income families, many mothers thought that their husbands had the better deal, going to work all day and not having to cater to the whims of a demanding young child. It turns out, they may have been right. A new study shows that mothers of young children who go ... read more »

So, eating seafood, seafood, and more seafood with all the omega-3 fatty acids the water dwellers carry inside just may help fend off diabetes, as well as having other healthy attributes, says many in the medical, health, and diet industry. No one has mentioned that eating seafood may or may not be better for fighting ... read more »

A new study published this week in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology suggests that the wrong approach to parenting for a particular child’s personality could increase the child’s anxiety and depression. The study found that kids who lack self-control become more anxious if their mom uses a laid back style of parenting. Kids who have more self discipline tend to be more ... read more »

Fiona Donnison is accused of murdering her two children, 3 year old Elise and 2 year old Harry, after convincing herself her partner was having an affair. She had taken a large amount of a sleeping aid before attending a police station, where she handed herself in. Her children’s bodies were found in holdalls in ... read more »

A woman who has not been named for legal reasons stabbed her daughter with a large knife before pausing to ask for a hug, and continuing to attack her, despite her daughter crying “I love you” throughout. The woman, who worked in a nursery, was described as an ‘exceptionally good’ mother until she became very ... read more »

Fiona Donnison allegedly killed 3-year-old Harry and 2-year-old Elise after becoming jealous of a friendship her husband Paul was having with a female. It is claimed she thought she was having an affair, and killed the children as a form of revenge. Donnison swayed into a police station, acting very drunk. She told officers; “I’ve ... read more »

An international charity located in the U.K., Oxfam, said that food prices over the next 20 years could easily double. The announcement was made today as an early warning to the potential devastation rising food prices could have on the already hundreds of millions hungry people worldwide. The organization warns that the cost of food ... read more »

Scientists have discovered that a small area on Chromosome 3, called 3p25-26, is responsible for repeated periods of severe depression. They conducted a large survey into 971 siblings with European ancestry who had been treated for depression within the last year. Another study was carried out concurrently, which identified a link between depression and Chromosome ... read more »