Research Roundup

 

The most important preeclampsia research studies, explained for you. A team of diverse researchers scour the peer-reviewed research journals to highlight the most important, cutting edge studies. We try to cover basic, molecular, clinical and population sciences, and a wide range of topics such as new findings in preeclampsia diagnoses, treatment, prevention, long-term effects, risk factors and etiology of preeclampsia.

Are there effective preeclampsia prevention strategies?
August 08, 2023
Are there effective preeclampsia prevention strategies?

A recent meta-analysis of 130 preeclampsia prevention trials found some successful strategies but demonstrated the need for more research.

Patients at risk of masked hypertension may benefit from home blood pressure monitoring
August 08, 2023
Patients at risk of masked hypertension may benefit from home blood pressure monitoring

Self-monitoring of blood pressure outside the doctor’s office may help identify women with masked hypertension during pregnancy.

Could planned delivery help reduce at-term preeclampsia?
August 08, 2023
Could planned delivery help reduce at-term preeclampsia?

Research study suggests that planned delivery at term (37 weeks) may be an intervention worthy of consideration in women at high-risk for preeclampsia.

Using genetic risk markers to better predict preeclampsia
August 08, 2023
Using genetic risk markers to better predict preeclampsia

This study looked at whether a genome wide analysis study could identify and use maternal DNA variation to predict preeclampsia and gestational hypertension.

Could messenger RNA be a new way to detect preeclampsia before it strikes?
August 07, 2023
Could messenger RNA be a new way to detect preeclampsia before it strikes?

This study looked at whether messenger RNA markers in the blood stream could help identify patients at risk of developing preterm or early-onset preeclampsia.

Does pravastatin during pregnancy have long-term effects on children?
April 26, 2023
Does pravastatin during pregnancy have long-term effects on children?

Based on limited data, pravastatin use during pregnancy does not appear to have any long-term adverse effects on children. his information will be useful for gaining approval for larger studies to see if pravastatin is actually useful in preventing...

Messenger RNA through ionizable lipid nanoparticles to improve placental blood vessel creation
April 26, 2023
Messenger RNA through ionizable lipid nanoparticles to improve placental blood vessel creation

In this paper, researchers describe how they developed an ionized lipid nanoparticle that is taken into mouse placental cells to increase VEGF.

More sleep, veggies, and movement to reduce risk for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy
April 26, 2023
More sleep, veggies, and movement to reduce risk for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy

Identifying the healthful behaviors that lower the risk for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy can help develop recommendations and prevention programs to support lowering pregnant women’s risk for developing a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy.

One-in-a-trillion – understanding single-cell sequencing to understand preeclampsia
April 26, 2023
One-in-a-trillion – understanding single-cell sequencing to understand preeclampsia

Genetic research over the past 10 years has shown a difference in gene expression in single-cells from placentas of pregnancies with preeclampsia compared to normotensive placentas.

Combining lab results and clinical characteristics to predict HELLP syndrome
April 26, 2023
Combining lab results and clinical characteristics to predict HELLP syndrome

Researchers asked if microRNAs that are linked to cardiovascular disease in non-pregnant people could help predict HELLP syndrome.

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?

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