Her eyes wide with fear and pain, Théthé – who is haemorrhaging and has a fever – groans and pushes as she lies on a brown vinyl mattress, slick with blood and amniotic fluid, in one of the worst places in the world to be a mother (pdf). After a final push, a nurse holds [...]
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Archive | Pre-eclampsia
Congo’s maternal mortality rate exacerbated by poverty and ignorance | guardian.co.uk
Posted on 11 May 2012.
Posted in Family, Health, Just Mums, Maternity, Miscarriage and stillbirth, Parents, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Premature birth, World News0 Comments
Sophie Ellis-Bextor gives birth to her third boy, baby Ray Holiday
Posted on 26 April 2012.
Pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor is celebrating after giving birth to her third son. The singer, 33, and her husband, The Feeling bassist Richard Jones, 32, welcomed baby Ray Holiday Jones at lunchtime today. The excited dad took to the band’s Twitter page to announce the birth: ‘It’s a boy! Ray Holiday Jones was born today at [...]
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Pre-eclampsia ‘leads to higher heart disease risk’ – Telegraph
Posted on 21 February 2012.
They are almost a third more likely (31 per cent) to be at risk of cardiovascular disease by the time they are 48 than those who did not suffer from the condition in pregnancy, according to a British study of nearly 3,500 women. Pre-eclampsia involves having high blood pressure and too much protein in the [...]
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IVF ‘increases pre-eclampsia risk’
Posted on 21 October 2011.
IVF increases the chance of a potentially fatal pregnancy condition by 41%, research suggests.
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Asthmatic mothers-to-be and their babies at greater risk of health complications
Posted on 14 July 2011.
Maternal asthma ‘significantly increases’ the risk of pre-eclampsia, while infants born to mothers with the condition are much more likely to have a low birth weight, a study has found
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Heart drugs used in pre-eclampsia pregnancy trial
Posted on 21 April 2011.
Heart disease drugs are to be trialled on a group of pregnant mothers showing early signs of the potentially fatal condition, pre-eclampsia.
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Faulty genes found in pregnancy illness that kills 1,000 babies a year
Posted on 26 March 2011.
Three faulty genes have been found that put women at risk of pre-eclampsia, the potentially dangerous high blood pressure that affects one in 20 pregnancies.
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‘Genes for pre-eclampsia’ discovered
Posted on 23 March 2011.
Scientists say they have identified genetic errors that appear to increase a pregnant woman’s chance of getting the potentially life-threatening condition called pre-eclampsia.
Posted in Babies, Family Health, Health, Internet Kids, Parents, Pre-eclampsia, Pregnancy and Childbirth, University and Gap yearComments Off
Pre-eclampsia: my baby died so that I could live
Posted on 13 December 2010.
Twenty years ago, Isabel Walker lost her baby boy when she developed pre-eclampsia. She asks if new research brings us any closer to curing this deadly condition.
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Scientists find cause of pre-eclampsia
Posted on 07 October 2010.
Scientists find cause of pre-eclampsia
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Study brings pre-eclampsia test one step closer
Posted on 16 September 2010.
Study brings pre-eclampsia test one step closer
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