Word: toxemia
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...Toxemia, as the condition is more commonly known, is the forerunner of eclampsia, in which women fall victim to convulsive seizures near the end of pregnancy. Left untreated, such seizures can lead to death in preeclampsia's victims, who are usually very young mothers or older mothers aged...
Meanwhile, a study in the Lancet appears to strengthen another suspected breast-cancer link. Women whose mothers had toxemia during pregnancy (a form of high blood pressure that can also lower estrogen levels) are 75% less likely to get breast cancer as adults. High estrogen levels, in other words, are still a danger signal...