By Marie Farver Updated October 2025 Introduction Preeclampsia remains a significant threat to maternal and fetal health worldwide, affecting 1-8% of pregnancies and causing approximately 76,000 maternal and 500,000 infant deaths annually (U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, 2021). In California, preeclampsia and eclampsia together constitute the second leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths. Since delivery remains the only curative treatment for preeclampsia, identifying

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Birth is a competent physiologic function built into a woman's body.

The ARRIVE study, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine...

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The Push to Understand the Placenta By DENISE GRADY JULY 14, 2014 SAN FRANCISCO — Minutes after a baby girl was born on a recent morning...

By Carina Storrs, Special to CNN Updated 11:09 AM ET, Fri June 5, 2015 The practice of eating the placenta has been growing in popularity...

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