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 ...

Nutrient overload beyond the threshold for cellular utilization causes an increase in blood glucose and lipids levels. This ...

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 ...

Along with a hefty list of side effects and symptoms like swelling, morning sickness and fatigue, pregnancy can also bring unwanted health conditions and complications. Symptoms that you try to shrug ...

Radio presenter Fionnuala Moran has shared her experience with pre-eclampsia, a condition which can occur before or after ...

Pre-eclampsia complicates approximately 6–8% of all pregnancies. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated a relationship between pre-eclampsia and cardiac morbidity and mortality later in life, but the ...

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 ...

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 human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA over millions of years and never left. Most are silent but some have taken on ...

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 ...