BETHESDA, Maryland, April 3 (TNSJou) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute issued the following news release: Adults treated with medication for high blood pressure present before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, defined as chronic hypertension in pregnancy, had fewer adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to adults who did not receive antihypertensive treatment, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study, wh  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Jonathan Ramseur, a specialist in environmental policy at the Congressional Research Service, involving a March 16, 2022, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund Formula": * * * My name is Jonathan Ramseur and I am a Specialist in Environmental Policy in the Congressional Research Service (CRS). On behalf of CRS, I would like to thank the Committee for inv  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNStalk)(TNSJou) -- The Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine issued the following agency statement: * * * The Society for Maternal-Fetal (SMFM) released the following statement in response to the published results of "Treatment for Mild Chronic Hypertension during Pregnancy," in the New England Journal of Medicine. "SMFM has supported the 2019 guidelines (https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-bulletin/articles/2019/01/chronic-hypertension-in-pregnancy) f  more

CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, April 4 (TNSJou) -- The University of North Carolina School of Medicine issued the following news release on April 2, 2022: * * * Kim Boggess, MD, is the co-author of a New England Journal of Medicine paper detailing important maternal and fetal health findings as part of the largest-even clinical trial on hypertension during pregnancy. * * * More than 2 percent of pregnant women in the United States have chronic hypertension, or high blood pressure. Medical prof  more