A new blood test has potential to identify a hard-to-predict but sometimes deadly pregnancy complication weeks before it would normally be found, leading to early treatment and possibly prevention.

People who are trying to conceive may wonder if a blood pregnancy test can be wrong. These tests, which are done at a health care provider's office or in a lab, are over 99% accurate. Blood tests ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A liquid biopsy of maternal plasma cell-free RNA predicted early- and late-onset preeclampsia. A researcher told ...

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 ...

In 2017, Dr. Barbi Phelps-Sandall, an obstetrician who has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay area for more than two decades, had just learned about a new blood test only available at select ...

Postpartum depression (PPD) affects 10 to 20 percent of birthing parents globally with debilitating effects, including depression, severe mood swings, withdrawal from family and friends, and an ...

How predictions would impact clinical decision-making is another question, expert says ...

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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 ...