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Researchers have found several maternal nutritional and dietary factors that may increase or decrease the risk of developing preeclampsia, though the association between the two is complex.
What you’ll learn in this article: Many risk factors contribute to an individual’s chance of getting preeclampsia. These risk factors may be genetic, physical, environmental, and even social. Don’t blame yourself for developing...
Here are 10 tips for making the best use of your telehealth visits that time to make sure nothing important is missed, especially when it comes to monitoring preeclampsia.
Superimposed preeclampsia is preeclampsia complicating hypertension of another cause, most commonly chronic or "essential" hypertension. However women with hypertension associated with diabetes, pre-existing autoimmune disorders like lupus erythemato...
On April 16, a briefing for U.S. Congressional staff offered insights about how maternity care is being provided in the midst of the COVID pandemic. We joined a number of maternal health organizations as a sponsor of this virtual briefing. Presenters...
Data shows the continued critical need for all pregnant women, regardless of trimester, to receive the influenza vaccination, according to an updated Committee Opinion released by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (the College...
Is there a link between progesterone usage and preeclampsia? Science writer Caryn Rogers weighs in on what the research shows.
A new study recently published by the New England Journal of Medicine found that women at high risk for preterm preeclampsia who took aspirin were less likely to develop the condition than women who were given a placebo. Women from 13 different hosp...
The Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation has awarded a $9,000 grant to the Preeclampsia Foundation for a research study titled Preeclampsia and Cardiovascular Disease: Family Studies to Discover Causation or Correlation. Through its global g...
What is AFLP? Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP) is a relatively rare disorder that happens only during human pregnancy. It affects an estimated one in 10,000 to 20,000 pregnancies every year (≈.25-.5% of all pregnancies in the US). For rea...
In an unprecedented move, the American Heart Association (AHA) updated its cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines for women to recognize preeclampsia and other pregnancy complications as risk factors for cardiovascular diseases (CVD), such as h...
Many women are concerned about having any drugs or vaccinations introduced into their bodies during pregnancy. With influenza widespread in the US this season, we want you to know that science-based evidence indicates influenza vaccine is safe during...