high blood pressure /newsroom/taxonomy/term/1663/all en Pregnancy-related conditions taken together leave moms – and dads – at risk /newsroom/channels/news/pregnancy-related-conditions-taken-together-leave-moms-and-dads-risk-282694 <p>Research has already shown that women who develop either diabetes or high blood pressure during pregnancy are at risk of getting type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure or heart disease years later. Now, a new study from a team at the Research Institute of the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Æ»¹ûÒùÔº shows that the risk of developing those conditions post pregnancy is drastically higher if the women had both diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy. The study, published today in the <em>American Journal of Epidemiology</em>, doesn’t end with the mother’s risks.</p> Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:51:30 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 32666 at /newsroom Gilles Paradis /newsroom/gilles-paradis Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23820 at /newsroom Blame it on your brain: salt and hypertension /newsroom/channels/news/blame-it-your-brain-salt-and-hypertension-241270 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 16:00:10 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 21949 at /newsroom