A Blood Test Predicts Pre-eclampsia in Pregnant Women
The assessment is the first advance in diagnosing the deadly condition since it was discovered more than a century ago, experts said. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - July 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Preeclampsia Pregnancy and Childbirth Women and Girls Tests (Medical) Black People Research Whites Proteins New England Journal of Medicine Food and Drug Administration United States Source Type: news
Review of Hypertensive Disorders Related to Pregnancy Review of Hypertensive Disorders Related to Pregnancy
Review the pathophysiology and diagnostic and management strategies of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, and eclampsia in this article.Southern Medical Journal (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news
Deadly pregnancy complications you should keep an eye out for
According to the Cleveland Clinic, eclampsia is the phenomenon of developing seizures and fits during pregnancy. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - June 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What's Eclampsia And Who Is At Risk?
Olympian Tori Bowie died of pregnancy complications including eclampsia. Here's what to know about the condition. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What to know about eclampsia after death of Olympic star Tori Bowie
Bowie died of childbirth complications. Here's what to know about eclampsia, a severe complication of preeclampsia, a condition that affects pregnant women. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - June 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Adela Suliman Source Type: news
Warning signs of eclampsia revealed after death of US Olympic three-time medalist Tori Bowie
Eclampsia is quite rare in the UK and affects one in every 4,000 pregnancies. Following the death of US Olympic medalist Tori Bowie MailOnline reveals the warning signs of pre-eclampsia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Age at Menarche, Visceral Adipose Tissue, and Pre-Eclampsia Age at Menarche, Visceral Adipose Tissue, and Pre-Eclampsia
To what extent is visceral adipose tissue involved in the pathogenesis of pre-eclampsia, and what is the role of age at menarche?Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health Journal Article Source Type: news
Opinion
The latest battle over abortion rights highlights the stark truth that bans and severe restrictions on abortion harm women — physically, economically and mentally. It also highlights an important truth: Roe v. Wade may not have been the right case to protect abortion rights, which are and should…#roevwade #fourteenthamendment #ruthbaderginsburg #amandazurawski #eclampsia #florida #supremecourt #roe #dueprocessclause #dobbs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Linked to Declines in Cognition
MONDAY, March 6, 2023 -- Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), specifically preeclampsia/eclampsia (PE/E), have greater declines in global cognition later in life, according to a study published online March 1 in Neurology.
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Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy Linked With Late-Life Cognition
(MedPage Today) -- A history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) -- gestational or chronic hypertension, or preeclampsia/eclampsia -- was associated with a greater risk of cognitive decline later in life, longitudinal data showed... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - March 2, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Moms with any of five major pregnancy complications at a lifelong heightened risk of heart disease
Researchers from Sweden and New York reported that women who suffer pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia have a higher lifelong risk of developing ischemic heart disease. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mom's Cardiovascular Risk After Pre-Eclampsia Emerges Within a Decade
(MedPage Today) -- It did not take long after pregnancy for excess heart attacks and strokes to emerge in women with pre-eclampsia, according to national records from Denmark.
Within 20 years of delivery, the cumulative incidence of acute myocardial... (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - January 26, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Pre-eclampsia raises risk of heart attack four-fold, study warns
Researchers looked at the health records of more than a million pregnant women in Denmark between 1978 and 2017. Results were published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa ’s Maternal Deaths Need Urgent Action to Meet SDG Goals
Africa needs to urgently invest in health programmes to reduce maternal deaths, which is more than five times above the 2030 SDG target of fewer than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births. Measures include ensuring women access to skilled birth attendants. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Francis KokutseACCRA, Jan 3 2023 (IPS) As the effects of COVID-19 on Africa’s health sector become clearer, it looks the continent will need to take urgent steps to overcome the disruptions suffered in the breakdown in antenatal and postnatal care for women and newborns and neonatal intensive care units. The pandemic brought some setba...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Francis Kokutse Tags: Africa COVID-19 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Gender Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Ghana IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Re Source Type: news
Do Epsom Salts Help?
Discussion
Epsom salt is magnesium sulfate. It is named Epsom from the town in England, close to London where it was supposedly discovered.
Magnesium is an important trace element. It is a co-factor for ATP metabolism, DNA and RNA synthesis and regulation, and multiple other enzymatic reactions.
Hypermagnesemia is quite uncommon and usually would occur because of renal insufficiency or being iatrogenically produced. Hypomagnesemia is a serum concentration of < 0.75 mmol/L. Symptoms are often non-specific such as lethargy, anxiety, headache, decreased appetite, nausea and sleeping problems. Muscle spasms and muscle assoc...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 19, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
