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• They Say: Pre-eclampsia Now, Heart Problems Later

  Pre-eclampsia is one of those pregnancy-related health conditions that is cured by delivering the baby. All the dangers -- the skyrocketing blood pressure, the risk of seizures or stroke -- melt away once the cord is cut and the infant is out on its own. So even though it's a very serious, not uncommon malady (occuring in 5% of pregnancies), the doctors who treat a woman once she's past the baby-having phase typically don't pay much attention to it, or even understand it well. Read More... Posted Mar 23 2009, 10:01 AM by Kate Tuttle with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: heart disease, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, stroke, heart attack, cardiovascular, cardiovascular disease, heart condition, pregnancy hypertension

• 10-Ounce Baby Clings To Life

  Wow.  You've got to respect medical advancements that give a baby that weighs less than a can of soda a 30% chance of survival.   Read More... Posted Sep 24 2008, 05:33 PM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pre-eclampsia, pre-mature babies, yolanda austin, dye'mon dodd, rumaisa rahman, world's smallest baby

• Pre-eclampsia Linked With Herpes

  In today's continuing coverage of STDs, this next report should raise plenty of eyebrows from now on whenever a new mom discusses preterm birth or high blood pressure during her pregnancy. Researchers in Australia have linked exposure to viral infection -- especially the herpes type -- to both.   Read More... Posted Feb 24 2008, 04:09 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: research study, preterm labor, premature babies, high blood pressure, pre-eclampsia, STDs, herpes, preterm birth

• Do You Want The Good News Or The Bad News?

  Here's the good news:  researchers at the University of Leeds have found certain chemical markers in the blood plasma of women with pre-eclampsia that mean an early test for the condition may be available in less than five years. Here's the bad news . . .   Read More... Posted Feb 17 2008, 08:09 AM by Amy S.F. Lutz with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, diagnostic test, University of Leeds

• Strollerderby Playdate: Mommyblogging, Kicking Ass, and Taking Names

  People who loooovvveee to bitch about "mommybloggers" tend to complain about the lack of substance in your average parenting blog; that any intelligence or insight about other matters goes right out along with the placenta and suddenly we only write about poop. And while that certainly holds a grain of truth, the parent blogs I read capture the experience of parenting with such depth and beauty that I'm drawn to them again and again. Then, there are those that use their parenting to inform their view of the world and are not shy about being outspoken about such. Motherhood sure didn’t stunt their brains, and they are all the more ready to take on the world because of it. So this week my Dream Playdate is Read More... Posted Jan 25 2008, 03:10 PM by Amy Kuras with | with no comments Filed under: strollederby playdate, pre-eclampsia, Juno, adoption disruption, Wasted Birth Control, Uppercase Woman

• Parasite, Nematode, and Other Zingers to Call Your Kids

  Okay, you already knew your kids were parasites after they're born, sucking the life out of you for 18+ years like an ungrateful, back-talking tapeworm. But did you know this starts in the womb by design? Scientists at the University of Reading in the UK discovered that the placenta secretes a special protein that cloaks it from the mother's immune system. This protein--called neurokinin B, or NKB, if you must know--prevents mom's body from attacking that lump of nutrient providing goodness. The version generated by the placenta contains a special molecule that is also used by parasitic nematode worms to hide themselves from their host's defenses.   Read More... Posted Nov 12 2007, 09:02 AM by Matt Wood with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Placenta, U.K., pre-eclampsia, parasites