Early pregnancy often brings uncertainty. Many women receive a positive pregnancy test and immediately wonder what to do next. Ultrasound scans are still weeks away, symptoms may be mild or absent, ...

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Cholesterol doesn’t have the same clout as plenty of other heart-related biomarkers. You can’t check the amount of cholesterol (a.k.a. a waxy fat made by your liver) floating in your blood using a ...

A new blood test is helping doctors predict the risk of preeclampsia earlier in pregnancy. It's a common complication of pregnancy involving high blood pressure. But Dr. Angela Angel, an ...

Small abnormalities in blood sugar, blood lipids and inflammation several years before pregnancy are linked to an increased risk of high blood pressure during pregnancy and preeclampsia, according to ...