Pre-eclampsia and magnesium sulphate
Magnesium sulphate is incredibly cheap as far as medical interventions go. This study found that this intervention cut risk of pre-eclampsia (a dangerous condition of protein in urine and elevated blood pressure) in HALF. Half. And this was a large study. Not to mention the fact that the safety of this intervention is almost unparalleled (with the exception of water, which probably wouldn’t be as effective..). So, with the rapid transition from research to clinical practice, I would anticipate this becoming the standard of care sometime after Halley’s comet reappears…
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