High blood pressure complications in US pregnancies have nearly doubled

Researchers found high blood pressure complicated about 80,000 pregnancies in 2018, nearly twice as many as in 2007. Women living in rural areas continue to be approximately 20% more likely to have high blood pressure before pregnancy than women living in urban communities.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/11/201109074122.htm