A recent CDC analysis says that, between 2016 and 2024, the rate of high blood pressure among pregnant women rose by 73 ...

In a nationwide Japanese cohort of more than 86,000 women, higher fish intake before pregnancy was associated with lower odds ...

Women are often advised to "worry less" and "stay calm" during pregnancy. That's because during pregnancy, it is particularly important to control blood pressure. While it varies naturally during ...

Women with blood pressure levels in a range considered clinically normal during pregnancy but no mid-pregnancy drop in blood pressure face an increased risk of developing hypertension in the five ...

The number of individuals in the U.S. who had chronic hypertension or chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008 and 2021. The number of individuals in the U.S. who had chronic ...

A new study from researchers at Intermountain Health reveals that hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular complications—including heart attack, ...

More Americans are experiencing high blood pressure during their pregnancies. Two Minnesota OB-GYNs and a nurse midwife share ...

“Roughly 6% of all maternal deaths in the United States are due to a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy,” said Joan Briller, MD, of the University of Illinois, Chicago, in a presentation at the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Women who have high blood pressure before becoming pregnant are less likely to breastfeed for at least three months and more likely to stop earlier than women without the condition, ...

Maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with higher blood pressure and increased risk of hypertension in children, according to a new ECHO Cohort study led by Lyndsey Shorey-Kendrick, PhD, ...