Research
Researchers are beginning to study if there is a link between the health of a mother’s placenta and her risk of certain pregnancy outcomes, like hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. In this study, researchers studied a placenta issue called “malperfu...
Question: I would like to know the correlation and prevalence of HELLP / Preeclampsia and Polycystic Kidney Disease. Answer: Women with polycystic kidney disease (PKD) are at higher risk of all forms of preeclampsia. It takes a lot of time t...
Research Roundup: Preeclampsia studies you don't want to miss
Melbourne, FL – January 30, 2020 – The Preeclampsia Foundation announced the recipients of its 2020 Peter Joseph Pappas Research Grants, a funding program designed to accelerate preeclampsia research. Based on the recommendations of...
Question: "I was on Metformin when I conceived but the midwife I was seeing early in the pregnancy took me off the Metformin after the first trimester. The doctor I was seeing later in the pregnancy said he would have kept me on it, but s...
PREECLAMPSIA POLICY Joint Commission releases new requirements for hospitals when caring for women with preeclampsia and severe hypertension The Joint Commission The Joint Commission is an organization that accredits and certifies...
Stephen McCartney, MD PhD University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Topic: Fetal Microchimerism in Immune Cell Subsets in Preeclampsia Romina Plitman Mayo, PhD School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel Aviv Universi...
QUESTION: Is there any connection between Celiac Disease and Preeclampsia? I have CD, and I wondered if this elevated my risk for PE/HELLP (which I did get). ANSWER: Short answer: No; the largest meta-analysis of this question to...
PREECLAMPSIA BASICS State of the art review: What we know about preeclampsia BMJ This article is a review of the scientific literature to date about preeclampsia, written by some of the most world-renowned preeclampsia researchers....
QUESTION: Is there is a connection between Factor V Leiden deficiency and HELLP syndrome? ANSWER: Maybe. There have been dozens of studies that have attempted to answer this question. Some have concluded that yes, women carrying variati...
Foundation joins Brigham and Women’s investigators on important research study Preeclampsia puts women at increased risk for heart disease as well as stroke and high blood pressure later in life. Large population studies have demonstrated that...
The Preeclampsia Registry is entering a higher level of research impact with the announcement of a new collaboration with Predictive Laboratories, Inc; a biotechnology company based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. Through this valuable par...