News articles tagged with 'preeclampsia'
Yale-developed test can help predict and diagnose preeclampsia
— 4 Feb 2010 11:35 | HealthResearchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a simple urine test to rapidly predict and diagnose preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertensive complication of pregnancy…
Study finds link between preeclampsia and reduced thyroid function
— 18 Nov 2009 10:15 | HealthWomen who experience preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy, may have an increased risk for reduced thyroid functioning later in life, report a team of researchers from the…
Many childhood cancer survivors have uncomplicated pregnancies, healthy babies
— 6 Oct 2009 17:52 | HealthWomen who survived cancer in childhood or adolescence or women whose male partner is a childhood cancer survivor do not appear to have an increased risk of major complications during…
Pregnancy complications are a stress test for future maternal health and pregnancies
— 20 Jul 2009 16:28 | HealthPredicting whether pregnancy complications affect long-term maternal health as well as future pregnancies is at the heart of two studies conducted by researchers in the Department of…
Key to preeclampsia may be found in misfolded proteins in the urine
— 1 Feb 2009 21:12 | HealthClues to the cause of preeclampsia, a common, but serious hypertension complication of pregnancy that has puzzled doctors and researchers for decades, point to proteins that misfold…
Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy face future of complications
— 30 Jan 2009 19:15 | HealthChronic hypertension, diabetes and blood clots are more likely in otherwise healthy women who experienced complications due to hypertension such as preeclampsia in their first pregnancies,…
Stretching exercises may reduce risk of preeclampsia during pregnancy
— 29 May 2008 16:26 | HealthStretching exercises may be more effective at reducing the risk of preeclampsia than walking is for pregnant women who have already experienced the condition and who do not follow a…
A new gene trigger for pregnancy disorder identified
— 11 May 2008 17:00 | HealthThe COMT gene - known already for its role in schizophrenia - has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today's advance on-line issue of Nature. Led by…
Mothers' high normal blood sugar levels place infants at risk for birth problems
— 8 May 2008 08:36 | HealthPregnant women with blood sugar levels in the higher range of normal - but not high enough to be considered diabetes - are more likely than women with lower blood sugar levels to give…
New finding may help explain development of preeclampsia
— 9 Feb 2008 13:31 | HealthIn a study of pregnant women, those with pregnancy-induced high blood pressure were found to have higher levels of a peptide that raises blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking…
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