A Pregnant Woman (IMAGE)

University of Granada

A Pregnant Woman

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UGR researchers have proven that hair cortisol levels, which is a steroid hormone secreted as a response to stress, are higher in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy for those women that will later suffer postpartum depression

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