UNC SWAN Lab

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The Primal Scream A series that examines the pandemic’s effect on working mothers in America.

NPR shedding light on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on moms and families.

'This Is Too Much': Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic The coronavirus did not create the struggles that working mothers face daily. But it has exacerbated them and made them more visible, forcing women of all income levels to make hard choices.

The UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is seeking women, ages 30-39, who have never been pregnant to participate in a new research study!

The study tests a new writing task in two groups of women (postpartum women and control women with no pregnancy history) and can be completed online from your home in about 45 minutes. Participants who complete the study will be entered in a drawing with the chance to win one of fifteen $30 Amazon gift cards.

Interested?

Contact us at [email protected] or 919-962-3986.

Important new research by our team in the UNC Center for Women's Mood Disorders shows that estrogen can prevent depression during the transition to menopause!

Can Estradiol Prevent Depression during Menopause? - Medical News Bulletin | Health News and Medical Research A recent study investigated the efficacy of transdermal estradiol with oral progesterone to prevent the development of depression during menopause.

The little known possible connection between the brain and menstrual cycling: how concussions may impact young women’s menstrual cycling.

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Can an Abnormal Menstrual Cycle be Caused by a Concussion? - Medical News Bulletin Young women who suffer a concussion during adolescence may experience dysfunction in their HPO axis leading to an abnormal menstrual cycle.

The Breasts and You: How breast development changes during particular times in women’s lives. Knowing how normal breast development occurs during these times can help many women tell normal development from abnormal development.

Breast development happens in distinct seasons of life A woman’s breasts will go through multiple changes throughout her lifespan as her body adapts...

The little known fact about estrogen: how increased estrogen output during illness can help to protect the brain from inflammation!

Songbird study shows how estrogen may stop infection-induced brain inflammation Estrogen synthesis, a process naturally occurring in the brains of zebra finches, may also fight off neuroinflammation caused by infection that occurs elsewhere in the body, new research indicates.

The little known potential benefit of estrogen patches: see how estrogen patches can help to boost women’s sexual function during menopause. The PEERS study is looking at how estrogen can help to improve mood and physical symptoms during perimenopause. Call (919) 966-5243 or visit PEERSStudy.org to find out more!

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Could an Estrogen Patch Boost Women's S*x Lives in Menopause? Study suggests that, given this way, short-term use of the hormone may help those who report symptoms

Google and the National Alliance on Mental Illness have partnered to make it easier for people who may be experiencing clinical depression to seek help through something as quick as googling about it!

Think You Might Be Depressed? This Might Help A search could save your life.