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Recognizing Progress, Renewing Commitment Foundation Celebrates 20 Years In 1999, the National Institutes of Health referred to preeclampsia as a “rare and orphaned” disease, not because it was rare, but because it was “orphaned&r...
Racial disparities is a fact of maternal health. We know that it has a significant impact on health outcomes for Black moms and their babies. But it's not enough to simply talk about those disparities. The Preeclampsia Foundation has launched a racia...
Risk and Prevention Prospective Association Between Manganese in Early Pregnancy and the Risk of Preeclampsia Manganese, an essential dietary mineral, could play a key role in avoiding preeclampsia. A first of its kind study found, in 1312 wo...
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What’s a “bundle” and what should I expect from healthcare providers who are following these guidelines? Patient safety “bundles” – including Severe Hypertension During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period –...
The Preeclampsia Foundation announced its support for the Black Maternal Health Caucus’s (BMHC) Momnibus, a set of nine individual bills critically important to solving our nation's maternal health crisis. Co-led by Congresswomen Lauren Underwo...
Question: Low dose aspirin is prescribed in pregnancy to prevent preeclampsia. Some women, however, experience aspirin resistance, where aspirin treatment is ineffective. Why doesn’t aspirin work for some women? A low dose of aspirin (...
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To the Preeclampsia Foundation Community: As an organization, we recognize the power of sharing your story to help inspire positive change. The voice of every member of our community matters. Today, we stand in solidarity for the bl...
May 20, 2020 - Melbourne, FL - Nearly 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies worldwide lose their lives to preeclampsia and related hypertensive disorders of pregnancy every year. To raise awareness about this life-threatening complication of pregnancy, s...
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May 19, 2020 - Melbourne, FL - The Preeclampsia Foundation is responding to the needs of pregnant and postpartum women, during COVID-19, with the introduction of The Cuff Kit™. With women’s obstetric care being monitored by tel...
In an opinion piece in The Hill (5/7), Rakhi Dimino, MD, a Houston-based obstetrician who serves on the Preeclampsia Foundation’s Board of Directors, writes that findings from two recent studies “add to a growing body of evidenc...
Preeclampsia Foundation signs bipartisan letter asking House leaders to include funding for a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program that helps identify emerging threats to mothers and babies. The 2016 Zika virus suppleme...
Preeclampsia Foundation launches #CheckKnowShare Campaign May 1, 2020 - Melbourne, FL - As preeclampsia remains a leading cause of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, the Preeclampsia Foundation is urging pregnant and postpartum women to ch...
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PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES The Preeclampsia Foundation's advocacy priorities are focused on supporting efforts to reduce maternal and infant illness and death due to preeclampsia, HELLP syndrome, a...
We did it! Act2SaveMoms has become a law December 22, 2018: This is a great day for preeclampsia and the beginning of the end of needless deaths. Late last night, President Trump...
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RECOGNITION & RESPONSE IS CRITICAL Less than half of well-educated women know the signs and symptoms of preeclampsia. And still others may not share their symptoms with their healthcare pro...