Whether it’s your first pregnancy or your third, hearing your obstetrician, nurse practitioner or midwife say that your pregnancy is high risk can feel concerning. High-risk pregnancy is a term that ...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of ...

It’s common for blood pressure to rise during exercise, and it’s usually safe to exercise if you have low or high blood pressure. In fact, exercise can help you manage your blood pressure.

This post discusses the symptoms of high blood pressure during pregnancy. Many changes occur in a woman's body during ...

There is a strong association between new-onset hypertension years after pregnancy and blood pressure trajectories in early pregnancy.

A strong association exists between early pregnancy blood pressure (BP) trajectories and new-onset hypertension years after pregnancy, according to study findings published in Hypertension.

The study analyzed data from the Epic Cosmos dataset, which includes over 246 million patient records from hospitals and clinics across the United States and Lebanon. The researchers found that ...

High blood pressure in pregnancy (gestational hypertension) affects nearly 16% of pregnancies in the United States and has long been associated with various health complications for both mothers ...

High blood pressure during pregnancy increases the risk of seizures in children, warns new research. A "significant association" between high blood pressure in moms-to-be, known as gestational ...