Preeclampsia’s cause, treatments fuel UMMC research

University of Mississippi Medical Center

JACKSON – In the winter and spring of 2021, researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center sought to find out if an ounce of diligence and education was equal to a pound of cure when it came to hypertension in new moms.

The study marked the latest addition to the Medical Center’s longstanding research into preeclampsia, a dangerous spike in blood pressure which strikes 1 in 25 pregnancies worldwide and is a leading cause of morbidity in mothers in Mississippi…

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