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"Knowing her story saved my life": Twins suffer postpartum preeclampsia
March 24, 2023
"Knowing her story saved my life": Twins suffer postpartum preeclampsia

Twin sisters Ilana and Samantha were stunned to discover that their family risk of preeclampsia could result in identical postpartum preeclampsia experiences.

What do we know? Creating an effective understanding of nutrition and preeclampsia
March 23, 2023
What do we know? Creating an effective understanding of nutrition and preeclampsia

Researchers have found several maternal nutritional and dietary factors that may increase or decrease the risk of developing preeclampsia, though the association between the two is complex.

What are the risk factors for preeclampsia? An updated research perspective
February 28, 2023
What are the risk factors for preeclampsia? An updated research perspective

What you’ll learn in this article: Many risk factors contribute to an individual’s chance of getting preeclampsia. These risk factors may be genetic, physical, environmental, and even social. Don’t blame yourself for developing...

Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announces 2023 Vision Grant Research Funding for Preeclampsia at 2023 SMFM Pregnancy Meeting
February 08, 2023
Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announces 2023 Vision Grant Research Funding for Preeclampsia at 2023 SMFM Pregnancy Meeting

Preeclampsia Foundation Canada announced today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s (SMFM) 43rd Annual Meeting – The Pregnancy Meeting™ – that applications are now being accepted for its 2023 Vision Grant program.

New Preeclampsia Research Funded to Investigate Genetic Targets to Develop Potential Therapeutics
February 08, 2023
New Preeclampsia Research Funded to Investigate Genetic Targets to Develop Potential Therapeutics

The study is designed to potentially accelerate discovery of therapies for preeclampsia by designing placental cell lines that express variants of the APOL1 gene for drug screening.

Do preeclampsia prediction biomarkers vary in patients of different BMIs?
January 27, 2023
Do preeclampsia prediction biomarkers vary in patients of different BMIs?

This study suggests that women of different BMI classes might have distinct risk profiles for preeclampsia.

What medications may some day be used to treat and prevent preeclampsia?
January 27, 2023
What medications may some day be used to treat and prevent preeclampsia?

Research is being done to make a medicine that can cure preeclampsia a reality. In this article, researchers asked: what are the candidate medicines being studied currently to prevent or treatment preeclampsia?

Further research to investigate protein markers SFLT and PlGF for preeclampsia prediction
January 27, 2023
Further research to investigate protein markers SFLT and PlGF for preeclampsia prediction

This is another study on that journey that shows sFlt1 and PlGF are important proteins in pregnant women’s blood that can tell us about preeclampsia risk.

What barriers do women face to implementing a heart-healthy diet?
January 27, 2023
What barriers do women face to implementing a heart-healthy diet?

For this study, researchers asked: what are the barriers to eating a heart healthy diet for women with high blood pressure or a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy?

2019 Vision Grants
January 09, 2023
2019 Vision Grants

Stephen McCartney, MD PhD University of Washington, Seattle, Washington   Topic: Fetal Microchimerism in Immune Cell Subsets in Preeclampsia Final Summary: During pregnancy, there is an exchange of cells between the mother and baby, te...

Peter J. Pappas Grant Recipients
January 02, 2023
Peter J. Pappas Grant Recipients

Peter Joseph Pappas preeclampsia research grant recipients' study titles and reports.

AFTER PREECLAMPSIA: What do I do when my risk is not gone, but my healthcare plan is?
December 23, 2022
AFTER PREECLAMPSIA: What do I do when my risk is not gone, but my healthcare plan is?

While on the road this summer for the Reconnect Tour 2022, I met with academic and clinical centers of preeclampsia excellence whose leadership recognize that there is a gap between our pregnancy care and everything that happens beyond pregnancy.

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