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Pregnancy Inflammation Linked to 79% Lower Postpartum Anxiety Odds

by GLOOM

Stylized illustration of a pregnant silhouette with overlay of immune cells and a postpartum anxiety questionnaire, illustrating the inverse association between pregnancy inflammation indices and postpartum anxiety risk.

The depression-inflammation literature has firmly established that elevated inflammatory markers track with mood symptoms, but a 2026 study of 14,419 postpartum women from Xie et al. found the opposite pattern for postpartum anxiety: women with higher second-trimester platelet-neutrophil products and related immune-inflammation indices had substantially lower postpartum anxiety risk.1 Research Highlights Higher second-trimester PPN was …

Resistance Exercise Linked to Lower Depression and Anxiety in Korean Adults

by GLOOM

A 2026 nationwide Korean analysis found that resistance exercise was associated with lower depression and anxiety scores after propensity score matching, while aerobic exercise alone was not significantly associated with either outcome. The result favors adding weights, bands, machines, or body-weight strength work to mental-health exercise advice without assuming that lifting caused the lower symptom …