Preeclampsia is a potentially deadly condition that affects 4% to 8% of pregnant women worldwide, but the condition can be difficult to diagnose. Now, a team of Australian researchers has developed a ...

Preeclampsia, or the rapid onset of high blood pressure in pregnancy, is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality—and it’s all too common. Occurring in about 1 in 25 pregnancies in the US, ...

Pregnant women finally have a test to predict preeclampsia, one of the top six causes of maternal death in Georgia, after the Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first of its kind.

Pregnant woman holding her belly. The first and only at-home blood test that predicts a pregnant person’s risk of developing preeclampsia has launched. Known as Encompass, the test from Mirvie can ...

Women with sickle cell disease have a significantly higher likelihood of developing preeclampsia than the general population, but a blood test could identify which patients have the greatest risk.A ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Until now, watch and wait was about the best advice many OB/GYNs could give pregnant patients at risk for preeclampsia and its sometimes-fatal complications for moms and babies. Now ...

A blood test that can predict whether pregnant women are at risk of developing preeclampsia, one of the world's leading causes of maternal death and disability, recently received clearance from the ...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Inc., or Labcorp LH, recently launched a new, FDA-cleared blood test for risk assessment and clinical management of severe preeclampsia. The preeclampsia is ...

A new blood test can be performed in a pregnant person’s first trimester to help assess their risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. It’s the first and ...

A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a new study. The condition, which results in over 70,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 fetal deaths each year ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test that can identify pregnant women at severe risk for preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that can develop during pregnancy and is a ...