pre-eclampsia

Link between pre-eclampsia and diet found

harminka — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:19:10 -0500

A chemical compound found in unpasteurised food has been detected in unusually high levels in the red blood cells of pregnant women with the condition pre-eclampsia.

Rural women are at higher risk of blood pressure disorders during pregnancy

harminka — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:23:33 -0600

Several factors, such as older age and high weight gain, are known risk factors for pre-eclampsia and other pregnancy-related blood pressure disorders.

Pre-eclampsia may be autoimmune disease

harminka — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:14:17 -0500

Biochemists at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston say they are the first to provide pre-clinical evidence that pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia may be an autoimmune disease. Their research could provide novel diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities for this intractable disease. Findings appear online in Nature Medicine on July 27.

New research on pre-eclampsia in mice may have important implications for humans

harminka — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 10:09:32 -0500

In a new March of Dimes-funded study of pre-eclampsia, a serious and potentially deadly disorder that affects about 5 percent of pregnancies, researchers have found results in mice that may have important implications for diagnosis and treatment in humans.

Smoking during pregnancy can put mums and babies at risk

harminka — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:18:51 -0600

Pregnant women who suffer from the high risk condition pre-eclampsia — which leads to the death of hundreds of babies every year — are putting the lives of their unborn children at significantly increased risk if they continue to smoke during pregnancy.

Smoking during pregnancy can put mums and babies at risk

seher — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 11:04:23 -0600

Pregnant women who suffer from the high risk condition pre-eclampsia — which leads to the death of hundreds of babies every year — are putting the lives of their unborn children at significantly increased risk if they continue to smoke during pregnancy.

Breakthrough in pre-eclampsia test

seher — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:27:11 -0600

A team at the University of Leeds has discovered a way of diagnosing pre-eclampsia, a condition which affects almost one in ten pregnant women and accounts for up to 15% of all premature deliveries.

Breakthrough in pre-eclampsia test

harminka — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:48:50 -0600

A team at the University of Leeds has discovered a way of diagnosing pre-eclampsia, a condition which affects almost one in ten pregnant women and accounts for up to 15% of all premature deliveries.

Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E don't prevent pre-eclampsia

harminka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:37:41 -0600

Taking vitamins C or E during pregnancy will not reduce a woman’s risk of experiencing pre-eclampsia, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded.

Testing old drug with new hopes for pre-eclampsia cure

harminka — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:29:52 -0500

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston are trying to determine whether a drug already available to heart patients can also be used to delay delivery in expectant mothers with severe preeclampsia. If so, this groundbreaking study would give hope to hundreds of thousands of women who experience this life-threatening disorder each year.

Low vitamin D during pregnancy linked to pre-eclampsia

harminka — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:20:15 -0500

Vitamin D deficiency early in pregnancy is associated with a five-fold increased risk of preeclampsia, according to a study from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences reported this week in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.

Aspirin during pregnancy could reduce risk of pre-eclampsia

Anastvatz — Thu, 17 May 2007 08:01:08 -0500

Women who receive aspirin or other antiplatelet drugs during pregnancy are at lower risk of pre-eclampsia, conclude authors of an article published in an upcoming edition of The Lancet.