http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/Pre-Eclampsia-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2012. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 25 May 2012 06:56:53 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/reason-behind-high-blood-pressure-in-pregnancy-discovered-100111-1.htm Changes in the gene expression of a key enzyme has been blamed for rise in blood pressure that increase the susceptibility to forming blood clots in pregnant women with pre-eclampsia. These findings could provide clues to the best treatment approaches for high blood pressure and the formation of blood clots that can block blood flow to a pregnant woman's internal organs and lead to organ failure. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers have been working to determine ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/reason-behind-high-blood-pressure-in-pregnancy-discovered-100111-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-Test-Predicts-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-With-100-Accuracy-93351-1.htm A simple urine test during 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy can accurately predict whether the women is at a risk of pre-eclampsia. Kidney cells called podocytes were found in the urine of the women who were at a risk. The research team at the Mayo clinic studied urine samples of about 300 pregnant women. They found that all the 15 women who developed pre-eclampsia, tested positive for the cells.While these cells were absent in the urine of other healthy women. There is no treatment for pre-eclampsia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-Test-Predicts-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-With-100-Accuracy-93351-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-Test-Predicts-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-With-100-Accuracy-93313-1.htm A simple urine test during 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy can accurately predict whether the women is at a risk of pre-eclampsia. Kidney cells called podocytes were found in the urine of the women who were at a risk. The research team at the Mayo clinic studied urine samples of about 300 pregnant women. They found that all the 15 women who developed pre-eclampsia, tested positive for the cells.While these cells were absent in the urine of other healthy women.There is no treatment for pre-eclampsia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Urine-Test-Predicts-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-With-100-Accuracy-93313-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/IVF-Ups-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-92268-1.htm In vitro fertilization (IVF) increases the chances of pre-eclampsia - a potentially fatal pregnancy condition by almost 41 percent, claims research. According to experts from US universities and research centres including the National Institutes of Health, data from six studies has found that the risk of pre-eclampsia was much higher in IVF pregnancies than among those conceived naturally, the Daily Express reported. The data included pregnancies from standard IVF and IVF using donor ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/IVF-Ups-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-92268-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Diet-Booster-Wards-Off-Pre-eclampsia-85247-1.htm A dietary supplement of amino acid and antioxidant vitamins can reduce the risk for pregnant women of a dangerous condition called pre-eclampsia, according to a study released Friday. Affecting five percent of first-time pregnancies, pre-eclampsia leads to abnormally high blood pressure, protein build-up in urine, and swelling in the feet and ankles. Its causes are unknown and the only way to alleviate potentially life-threatening symptoms is to give birth. Earlier research showed a ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Diet-Booster-Wards-Off-Pre-eclampsia-85247-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Predicted-by-Early-Urinary-Protein-Test-During-Pregnancy-77272-1.htm A new test that may be able to predict which pregnant women will suffer from the potentially fatal condition pre-eclampsia has been developed by scientists in UK. Researchers at University of Leicester found that by analysing protein in the urine of pregnant women they could predict which would later develop pre-eclampsia which affects around five per cent of pregnancies, reports the Telegraph. Currently the amount of protein in urine is measured at regular ante-natal check-ups and if levels ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Predicted-by-Early-Urinary-Protein-Test-During-Pregnancy-77272-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Insights-into-Causes-of-Pre-eclampsia-75148-1.htm A new approach that could offer new insights into the hypertension that frequently blights pregnancy-a condition called pre-eclampsia, has been mooted by Universities of Cambridge and Nottingham. The results, describe the solving of the first step in the principal process that controls blood pressure - the release of the hormone angiotensin from its source protein, angiotensinogen. Every day, millions of people are treated with drugs which either block the production of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Insights-into-Causes-of-Pre-eclampsia-75148-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Could-Result-From-Rejection-Of-Fetus-By-Immune-System-62183-1.htm Pre-eclampsia could result from the ejection of the fetus by its mother's immune system, say Australian researchers. BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"Published in the highly accredited IJournal of Immunology/I, the paper explains for the first time that a small population of immune cells called Regulatory T-cells might play an important role in preventing rejection during normal pregnancy. Preeclampsia is a leading cause of complications and even death amongst pregnant women in Australia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Could-Result-From-Rejection-Of-Fetus-By-Immune-System-62183-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Key-Component-in-Pre-Eclampsia-57657-1.htm A key contributor in the development of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women has been identified by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. Pre-eclampsia a condition that can result in miscarriage and maternal death. The researchers in the study focused on identifying the differences in the uteri of pregnant women with and without preeclampsia and how the mother's tissues vary from the immediately adjacent foetus' tissue in preeclamptic women. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Scientists-Identify-Key-Component-in-Pre-Eclampsia-57657-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Establishes-Link-Between-Pre-Eclampsia-and-Diet-57112-1.htm A new study has shown that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia have unusually high levels of a chemical compound called 'ergothioneine', which is found in unpasteurised food, in the red blood cells. The finding made by scientists at the University of Leeds attains significance because they suggest that ergothioneine is an indicator of pre-eclampsia, and may help scientists to understand the cause of the condition, which is currently unknown. The researchers took blood samples from a group ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Establishes-Link-Between-Pre-Eclampsia-and-Diet-57112-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/A-Higher-Level-Of-Ergothioneine-Is-An-Indicator-Of-Pre-Eclampsia-57050-1.htm Studies point out a chemical compound found in unpasteurised food has been detected in unusually high levels in the red blood cells of pregnant women with the condition pre-eclampsia. These results are important because they suggest that the compound, 'ergothioneine', is an indicator of pre-eclampsia and may help scientists to understand the cause of the condition, which is currently unknown. Scientists at the University of Leeds took blood samples from a group of thirty-seven pregnant women ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/A-Higher-Level-Of-Ergothioneine-Is-An-Indicator-Of-Pre-Eclampsia-57050-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Advices-Induced-Labour-for-Women-With-Pre-eclampsia-55775-1.htm Pregnant women with disorders that cause high blood pressure should have labour induced once pregnancy reaches the 37-week mark, according to a study released Tuesday. The new recommendations apply in particular to patients with mild pre-eclampsia, a condition that causes hypertension, swelling and sudden weight gain in expectant mothers. The only way to relieve the symptoms -- which in extreme cases can lead to death -- is to give birth. About seven percent of all pregnancies are complicated ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Study-Advices-Induced-Labour-for-Women-With-Pre-eclampsia-55775-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Proteinuria-During-Pre-eclampsia-Is-Not-A-Useful-Predictor-of-Complications-49063-1.htm The estimation of levels of proteinuria in women with pre-eclampsia is not a clinically useful test to predict fetal or maternal outcomes. Researchers publishing in the open access journal IBMC Medicine/I, present evidence that could change current clinical practice. Proteinuria, its presence and degree, is currently an essential criterion in diagnosing pre-eclampsia and is widely considered to predict adverse outcomes for mother and fetus. In a systematic, quantitative review of 16 primary ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Proteinuria-During-Pre-eclampsia-Is-Not-A-Useful-Predictor-of-Complications-49063-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Obese-Women-Face-Higher-Rates-of-Eclampsia-and-Premature-Birth-in-First-Pregnancy-47320-1.htm Obese women could face higher rates of eclampsia and premature birth in their first pregnancy. Also they were nearly twice as likely to give birth to a low-weight baby, weighing less than 5lbs 8oz (2.5kg), scientists at Kings College in London analysed data from the pregnancies of 385 first-time obese mothers. Experts say it is a huge issue for all maternity units in the UK. At birth, 18.8% of their babies were classified as having a low birth weight - they weighed less than 2.5kg. This compares ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Obese-Women-Face-Higher-Rates-of-Eclampsia-and-Premature-Birth-in-First-Pregnancy-47320-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Frequent-Miscarriages-Infertility-Treatment-Increase-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-for-Women-45411-1.htm Repeated miscarriages and hormone treatment for infertility may make pregnant women prone to pre-eclampsia, according to a new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. The study involved over 20,000 first-time mothers from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa). It was found that first-time mothers, who had not miscarried or had problems becoming pregnant, had a 5.2 per cent risk of pre-eclampsia. The researchers also observed that women who had three or more ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Frequent-Miscarriages-Infertility-Treatment-Increase-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-for-Women-45411-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Social-Factors-may-Increase-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-43859-1.htm Social factors-including living in a rural county-may increase the risk of pre-eclampsia and pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), according to research being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 41st Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Thus far only older age and high weight gain have been seen as the risk factors for pregnancy-related blood pressure disorders. On the new finding, lead researcher Rebecca Moore of the University of Colorado Health ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Social-Factors-may-Increase-Risk-of-Pre-eclampsia-43859-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Indicates-Future-Risk-of-Heart-Disease-43775-1.htm A new study has cautioned women with high blood pressure experienced during their pregnancies, it can be a harbinger of their risk of developing heart disease in the future. The condition called pre-eclampsia affects least 5-10 per cent of all expectant mothers. In the study involving 400 Ontario women, the researchers found underlying cardiovascular risk factors of elevated blood pressure and lipids (fats) at a rate that was two to three times greater than the control group. "This should ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Indicates-Future-Risk-of-Heart-Disease-43775-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-may-Be-an-Autoimmune-Disease-Study-39845-1.htm Pregnancy-induced high blood pressure or pre-eclampsia might be an autoimmune disease, according to researchers from University of Texas-Houston Medical School. In the study conducted using a mouse model, researchers injected the mice with pre-eclampsia with certain human autoantibodies that have been found in women with the disorder. During the analysis, they team noticed that the mice showed multiple features of the disorder with dangerously high blood pressure, protein in the urine, and ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-may-Be-an-Autoimmune-Disease-Study-39845-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Risk-During-Pregnancy-Better-Handled-by-Stretching-Than-Walking-37309-1.htm A new study has indicated that inactive pregnant women can avoid pre-eclampsia by doing stretching exercises rather than walking. Preeclampsia, also known as pregnancy-induced hypertension, is among the leading causes of maternal and fetal illness and death worldwide. "These results seemingly contradict the conventional wisdom that walking is the best protection pregnant women have against developing preeclampsia," said Dr. SeonAe Yeo, a women's health specialist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-eclampsia-Risk-During-Pregnancy-Better-Handled-by-Stretching-Than-Walking-37309-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Way-of-Diagnosing-Pre-eclampsia-Revealed-32948-1.htm In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered a new way of diagnosing pre-eclampsia, a condition which affects almost one in ten pregnant women and accounts for up to 15pct of all premature deliveries. Within five years, the researchers are planning to develop a user-friendly diagnostic kit which could be used in hospitals all over the world to safely and speedily test all pregnant women. It has been estimated that the saving of a predictor for the NHS alone ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Way-of-Diagnosing-Pre-eclampsia-Revealed-32948-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Reveals-the-Development-of-Pre-eclampsia-32845-1.htm Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Centre have revealed that women with preeclampsia have higher levels of a peptide that increases blood pressure in the pieces of tissue linking mother and foetus.Preeclampsia, or high blood pressure induced by pregnancy, affects 7 to 10 percent of pregnancies in the United States and is the second-leading cause of maternal mortality and also contributes towards pre-term delivery The study was conducted on 21 women with the disorder and 25 women without it....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Reveals-the-Development-of-Pre-eclampsia-32845-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-C-and-E-may-Not-Help-to-Reduce-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-32172-1.htm A recent study has revealed that antioxidants such as vitamins C and E do not reduce pre-eclampsia risk in pregnant women. Pre-eclampsia is a condition where hypertension arises in pregnancy in association with significant amounts of protein appearing in the urine, which is dangerous to both her health and development of the baby. It is also one of the major causes of death in women all over the world. Though it is unclear how pre-eclampsia occurs, but a theory suggests that it is triggered by free ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Vitamin-C-and-E-may-Not-Help-to-Reduce-Pre-eclampsia-Risk-32172-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Add-Credence-to-Pre-eclampsia-and-Heart-Disease-Link-28836-1.htm Two research papers published in British Medical Journal (BMJ) add further weight to the theory that cardiovascular diseases and pre-eclampsia may share common causes or mechanisms. Pre-eclampsia is a medical condition where hypertension arises in pregnancy, and which is dangerous for both mother and child. One of the studies suggests that women who have had pre-eclampsia during pregnancy have a more than two fold higher risk of heart disease in later life. Whereas, the second study says that ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Study-Add-Credence-to-Pre-eclampsia-and-Heart-Disease-Link-28836-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Epsom-Salts-can-Help-Treat-Eclampsia-28537-1.htm A New York-based non-profit organisation is promoting campaigns to make magnesium sulphate, or Epsom salts, more accessible because it has been observed to be effective in treating eclampsia-a condition that causes convulsions, coma and death during pregnancy. The organisation called EngenderHealth presented the first global analysis of eclampsia at the Women Deliver conference in London last week, which showed that four million women suffer from the condition each year, of which 63,000 die....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Epsom-Salts-can-Help-Treat-Eclampsia-28537-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Make-Magnesium-Sulphate-Widely-Available-to-Prevent-Eclampsia-Deaths-NGO-28086-1.htm More than half a million women each year-or one woman every minute- die during pregnancy or childbirth and most of these deaths are preventable. But mothers continue to die - for lack of magnesium sulphate -- a safe, effective and inexpensive drug, says EngenderHealth, an international reproductive health organization. The drug could prevent deadly complications arising from pre-eclampsia, a condition which sees rapid elevation of blood pressure. Pre-eclampsia, when left untreated, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Make-Magnesium-Sulphate-Widely-Available-to-Prevent-Eclampsia-Deaths-NGO-28086-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Hopes-for-Pre-eclampsia-Cure-26527-1.htm A drug already available to heart patients can also be used to delay delivery in expectant mothers with severe preeclampsia according to Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Hundreds of thousands of women who experience this life-threatening disorder each year will have new hopes through this groundbreaking study. The drug, Digibind, has been prescribed for over 20 years to patients who overdose on a certain heart medication, but is not yet approved for preeclampsia, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/New-Hopes-for-Pre-eclampsia-Cure-26527-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-Eclampsia-Associated-With-Low-Vitamin-D-Levels-26123-1.htm According to a University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences study , Vitamin D deficiency in early pregnancy has been shown to be associated with a five-fold increase in the risk of pre-eclampsia. A complication of pregnancy marked by soaring blood pressure, pre-eclampsia is a leading cause of maternal and foetal illness and death. Pre-eclampsia affects up to 7 percent of first pregnancies, and health-care costs associated with pre-eclampsia are estimated at (Dollor) 7 billion a year in the United States alone....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/Pre-Eclampsia-Associated-With-Low-Vitamin-D-Levels-26123-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=21031 Scientists from Australia and UK writing in the Lancet, say that taking aspirin during pregnancy can help cut down the risks of mothers-to-be developing pre-eclampsia. Scientists who analyzed the results of 31 trials involving more than 32,000 women found evidence pointing to the protective effect of this drug against pre-eclampsia. The condition, associated with high blood pressure, affects between 5% and 8% of pregnancies and may cause abdominal pain, headaches and swelling. Serious cases ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=21031 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14334 ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14334 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14059 Scientists have reported a breakthrough, towards the testing and cure for the pregnancy disorder pre-eclampsia. The researchers from the US National Institutes of Health team found women with pre-eclampsia had high levels of two proteins several months before developing the condition. Reporting their findings they explained that the two proteins secreted by the placenta might be responsible for virtually all cases of pre-eclampsia, which is a severe complication of pregnancy that can be fatal to mother or baby....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=14059 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13957 Pre-eclampsia might be prevented if carbon monoxide is used, according to Bainbridge et al., who have published a paper called "Carbon monoxide inhibits hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced apoptosis and secondary necrosis in syncytiotrophoblast." This report is published in the September issue of The American Journal of Pathology. Pre-eclampsia, a form of pregnancy-associated hypertension, affects 5-7% of pregnancies and poses serious risks for both mother and child. If maternal blood vessels at the ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=13957 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12585 A review of 12 different studies showed that 1 gram of calcium supplement taken during pregnancy is very effective in reducing the risk of suffering from pre-eclampsia by 50%. The study was carried out by the Cochrane Collaboration and it found that calcium supplements cuts the risk of this condition. Hence pregnant women are asked to include calcium supplements daily to prevent this fatal condition. According to statistics thousands of mothers and babies in the UK are affected every year by pre-eclampsia....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=12585 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9566 It is known that pregnant women who develop pre-eclampsia, which are a condition of abnormally high blood pressure are known to have the risk of having a stroke during pregnancy. But new studies by the researchers from the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention now report that pre-eclampsia is also a risk factor for stroke in the future. Dr David W. Brown and colleagues in Atlanta used data from the Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study to assess the association of pre-eclampsia ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=9566 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8984 Expectant Mothers , who carry a high risk of the potentially-fatal condition of pre-eclampsia, should make sure they do not consume large doses of Vitamin C and E. Recent research has suggested that Vitamins in large doses are not beneficial to pregnant women and can trigger pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia, is a dangerous condition that causes an unhealthy rise of Blood pressure in pregnant women which is a common cause of deaths and still born babies. It is no exaggeration that nearly 25,000 ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8984 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8983 According to a British research, women who take large quantities of vitamin supplements during pregnancy are at the high risk of developing pre-eclampsia. Vitamins C and E were thought to cut the risk, but a Lancet study by the charity Tommy's found women at high-risk should not take large doses of any kind of vitamins. Up to 25,000 British women are affected annually by pre-eclampsia, which causes blood pressure to rise to levels, which threatens mother and child, the BBC said. The ailment ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=8983 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5581 Recent research shows that in women with pre-eclampsia, the level of maternal serum leptin is increased and correlates positively with the level of inflammatory cytokines, TNF-a. The research was conducted at University Hospital of Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain to compare maternal serum leptin concentration in women with pre-eclampsia and women with normal pregnancy, and to evaluate the relationships between leptin and several inflammatory cytokines. The study appears in the December issue of British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=5581 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4950 The risk of pre-eclampsia in pregnant women may be genetical and both the parents' genes of the pregnant lady may have the gene expressions that can trigger this condition in her. The report is published in the online edition of BMJ. Pre-eclampsia is a serious condition where abnormally high blood pressure and other disturbances develop in the second half of pregnancy. It occurs in 3-5% of pregnancies and is dangerous for both mother and child. Researchers in Norway used birth registry ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4950 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4298 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=4298 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1148 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=1148 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=620 http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?x=620