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USA Today

Chronic hypertension has soared among pregnant women. Treatment is not keeping pace

Far more women are experiencing a life-threatening condition during pregnancy but aren't being treated for it, according to a study published this week.

FOX 26 Houston

Pregnancy high blood pressure rates nearly double

The rate of high blood pressure during pregnancy has nearly doubled, and only 60% of women are receiving treatment.

MedPage Today

Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates

Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021.

Good Morning America

High blood pressure during pregnancy has doubled, but only 60% are treated, study finds

A new study has found that high blood pressure doubled in pregnancy between 2008-2021, but only 60% were treated for it.

U.S. News and World Report

Rate of Chronic High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy Doubled in U.S. Since 2008

The number of pregnant women with chronic high blood pressure doubled during the past decade and a half, but treatment remains low among them, a new study found.

NIH National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute

Chronic hypertension in pregnancy doubled in the U.S. from 2007-2021

Chronic hypertension in pregnancy in the U.S. doubled from 2007-2021, but treatment of the condition with antihypertensive medication fell short.

American Heart Association

Chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008 and 2021 in the U.S.

The number of individuals in the United States who had chronic hypertension or chronic high blood pressure during pregnancy doubled between 2008 and 2021, according to a nationwide review of private health insurance.

Stanford Medicine News Center

Hypertension and anemia drive racial gaps in birth complications, Stanford Medicine-led studies find

Untreated high blood pressure and anemia in pregnancy help explain why childbirth complications are more common in non-white populations, two studies led by Stanford Medicine researchers found.

KRON4

Stanford studies show differences between races in rates of birth complications

Two new studies from the Stanford University School of Medicine revealed significant differences between races in rates of birth complications caused by high blood pressure and anemia during pregna…

National Institutes of Health

NIH establishes Maternal Health Research Centers of Excellence

Initiative to support research to reduce pregnancy-related complications and deaths and promote maternal health equity.

Dunlevie Maternal-Fetal Medicine Center

Stanford Named a New NIH Maternal Health Research Center of Excellence

Stanford PRIHSM (PReventing Inequities in Hemorrhage-related Severe Maternal morbidity) will work to reduce one of the leading causes of maternal morbidity and severe maternal morbidity: postpartum hemorrhage.

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Get To Know The REACH Scholars in Ob/Gyn This Summer

Stanford Medicine’s commitment to the future of medicine and improving patient outcomes lies in training, recruiting, and retaining diverse, inclusive, and equitable physician-researchers.

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Stillbirth Working Group of Council

The Stillbirth Working Group of Council is charged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to examine stillbirth in the United States.