This study shows how a lack of oxygen during pregnancy can cause schizophrenia
(Funda ç ã o de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de S ã o Paulo) Experiments with rats indicate that brain cells submitted to several forms of hypoxia underwent alterations to their energy production mechanism. Such condition may affect the fetus in pregnant women who have developed pre-eclampsia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 20, 2020 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Pregnant women who conceive in the spring or summer 'are more likely to suffer from pre-eclampsia'
A study of 50,000 women in Denmark found those who got pregnant between June and August were more likely to have high blood pressure disorders. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 5, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Nigeria: Maternity Wards Go Digital to Audit Births
[Nigeria Health Watch] When Dr. Bello Olubenga started out his career as a gynaecologist at Maitama District Hospital in Abuja, helping mothers deliver healthy babies was his biggest motivation for putting in the long hours required for his job. This was not always the case, sometimes the hospital lost a mother or a baby. The common causes for women dying during childbirth, included severe eclampsia (convulsions caused by high blood pressure), excessive bleeding, infections, obstructed labour and unsafe abortions. But the risk o (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 8, 2020 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sexual violence and eclampsia: analysis of data from demographic and health surveys from seven low- and middle-income countries - Bellizzi S, Nivoli A, Salaris P, Ronzoni AR, Pichierri G, Palestra F, Wazwaz O, Luque-Fernandez MA.
BACKGROUND: Scientific literature has provided clear evidence of the profound impact of sexual violence on women's health, such as somatic disorders and mental adverse outcomes. However, consequences related to obstetric complications are not yet completel... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - November 30, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Poor asthma control in pregnancy linked to serious adverse outcomes
Maternal asthma exacerbation linked to increased risk of pre-eclampsia, low birth weight, preterm birth, heart defect and cleft lip Related items fromOnMedica Tool helps GPs predict risk of epilepsy seizures in pregnancy Parental confidence in immunisation programme ‘very high’ NHS staff, patients and parents urged to get flu vaccine SSRIs raise risk of rare neonatal hypertension Caffeine in pregnancy linked to risk of child overweight (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - November 26, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
NIHR Signal: Planned earlier delivery for late pre-eclampsia may be better for mothers
Expert commentary is provided for an RCT (n=448) which found that babies born in the planned delivery arm were born on average 5 days earlier, but that death, or neonatal unit admission was higher in planned delivery vs expectant management (RR 1.26, 95% CI 1.08-1.47). (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 21, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Hypertension in Pregnancy May Portend Cardiovascular Ills in Mothers
Pre-eclampsia was tied to a higher risk of stroke, heart attacks and other problems in mothers. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - October 7, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nicholas Bakalar Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Blood Pressure Heart Preeclampsia Source Type: news
Lack of Corpus Luteum May Impair Cardiovascular System in IVF Pregnancies Lack of Corpus Luteum May Impair Cardiovascular System in IVF Pregnancies
A corpus luteum (CL) plays a"critical role" in the transformation of a woman ' s cardiovascular system early in pregnancy, and lack of a CL common in IVF pregnancies - may raise the risk of pre-eclampsia, researchers say.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - August 13, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
UK ’s NHS to Distribute New Clinical Laboratory Test for Women Suspected of Having Pre-Eclampsia
Based on clinical trials of the medical laboratory test, pregnant women can expect a reduced risk for experiencing complications associated with the dangerous blood disorder Clinical pathology laboratories and obstetricians in the UK may soon have a new blood test that can help provide earlier diagnoses of pre-eclampsia, a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that can […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - August 12, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: chris garcia Tags: Digital Pathology Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Management & Operations Molecular Diagnostics, Genetic Testing, Whole Gene Sequencing anatomic pathology clinical laboratory Congo Red Dot Dark Daily dark int Source Type: news
Pregnant women who suffer from pre-eclampsia 'are FIVE TIMES more likely to develop kidney failure'
A study of over one million women by University College Cork found those who battled high blood pressure while expecting were 4.96 times more likely to have end-stage kidney disease in later life. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
High-fibre diet may protect against pre-eclampsia in pregnancy
A study by the University of Sydney found women with low levels of the nutrient acetate were more likely to develop pre-eclampsia. Acetate is produced when fibre is broken down. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 10, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Pre-eclampsia may carry long-term heart risks for women
(Wiley) Pre-eclampsia is a potentially dangerous condition characterized by high blood pressure that arises in some pregnant women, but a review of published studies in Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine indicates that its effects on cardiovascular health can persist well after pregnancy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 3, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
First-time mom, 26, dies in emergency surgery after delivering twins
Sara Sewald, 26, of Colorado, was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, the same pregnancy-related blood pressure disorder that Beyoncé survived while pregnant with twins Sir and Rumi. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 5, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Risk of CVD increases after gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia
Ischaemic stroke and myocardial infarction risk more than tripled after two pregnancies with pre-eclampsia Related items fromOnMedica GPs failing to follow women at risk after gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes raises long-term CVD risk Early periods linked to heightened cardiovascular risk Pre-eclampsia linked to raised risk of vascular dementia Parity lower in women with unfavourable lipid profile (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - June 4, 2019 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
How Viagra could save the lives of children whose mothers had pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia
Sildenafil citrate, the active ingredient in Viagra, lowered blood pressure in rats in a study at the University of Mississippi when the animals were exposed to stress mimicking pre-eclampsia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 6, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
