preeclampsia

A woman holding a packet of birth control pills.getty In a study published last month, Dutch researchers suggest that the use of birth control pills close to the time of conception may increase certain pregnancy risks. Specifically, the…

Pre-eclampsia is a pregnancy complication that causes high blood pressure, which can be deadly for both a woman and her unborn baby if untreated.It usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy in women whose blood pressure is typically…

Demi Stokes, English professional footballer who plays for Manchester City and the England national team, on World Prematurity Day (November 17), talked about her "really scary" tryst with pre-eclampsia, a hypertensive disorder that occurs…