Increasing rates of chronic conditions putting more moms, babies at risk [medicalxpress.com]
Pregnant women today are more likely to have chronic conditions that could cause life-threatening complications than at any other time in the past decade - particularly poor women and those living in rural communities, a new Michigan Medicine study suggests. Using a national sample of 8.2 million childbirth deliveries over 10 years, researchers analyzed the prevalence of common chronic conditions —including asthma, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, and substance-abuse disorders.