Women with pre-eclampsia have a higher likelihood of heart attack and stroke than their peers within just seven years of delivery, with risks remaining elevated more than 20 years later. Women with ...

Women with pre-eclampsia have a higher likelihood of heart attack and stroke than their peers within just seven years of delivery, with risks remaining elevated more than 20 years later. The study in ...

The condition causes more than 70,000 maternal deaths every year – but its causes continue to elude scientists. After a glittering track and field career which saw her rack up seven Olympic gold ...

Pre-eclampsia is associated with an increased risk of later dementia, particularly vascular dementia, caused by reduced blood supply to the brain due to diseased blood vessels, finds a large study.

Pre-eclampsia is a condition that affects around 5% of all pregnant women and can cause harm to both the mother and the unborn baby. This rapidly progressing condition is characterized by high blood ...

Understanding of the maternal syndrome of pre-eclampsia has greatly improved over the past 5 years. Specifically, the notion has emerged that the placenta is a source of antiangiogenic factors, such ...

In a major milestone in maternal care, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has issued new guidance recommending the use of placental growth factor (PLGF)-based testing to help ...

Researchers from King's College London have published a review of care for women with pre-eclampsia in the New England Journal of Medicine. In this invited review, researchers from King's College ...

Every year around 10,000 women in Australia – or one in 30 pregnancies – are diagnosed with pre-eclampsia. This puts them at a much greater risk of developing life-threatening complications during ...

Pre-eclampsia is a common disorder of pregnancy for which the underlying mechanism is poorly understood. A genome-wide association study has now identified a pre-eclampsia susceptibility locus located ...