Doctors are changing protocol to lower risk of preeclampsia in pregnancy
Preeclampsia Awareness
Rates of the serious and sometimes deadly pregnancy condition, preeclampsia, have climbed 25% over the past two decades, yet there is little research on its cause, and no cure besides giving birth, which can lead to a difficult situation when the complication is discovered weeks or even months before the baby's due date.
Preeclampsia, which causes high blood pressure, affects about 1 in every 12 pregnancies in the U.S., with certain groups at increased risk, including women over 35 and Black women.
On Tuesday's "Sound of Ideas," we're going to talk to mothers who have…
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