Medication and therapy can help new moms suffering from depression after giving birth.

Many women have what’s known as the “baby blues” in the days after they give birth. This isn’t the same as postpartum depression, which is more severe and may require treatment by a health care professional, says Maria Emerson, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Montefiore Nyack Hospital and a gynecologist with OBS-GYN of Rockland in New City and Stony Point. 

So many men don’t see a doctor until they are already sick—sometimes with conditions such as heart disease that might have been prevented with proper care.

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