An updated Cochrane review has found that calcium supplementation has no effect on pre-eclampsia , challenging long-held assumptions about the role of calcium in preventing hypertensive disorders in pregnancy .

Researchers from Stellenbosch University have found strong evidence from large trials that calcium supplementation during pregnancy does not reduce the risk of pre-eclampsia.

Pre-eclampsia is a life-threatening condition that can affect women in the second half of their pregnancy. It can be fatal or cause lifelong complications for both mother and baby. Pre-eclampsia is characterised by new onset high blood pressure with end-organ injury. The only cure is to deliver the baby. If the mother develops pre-eclampsia with life-threatening complications, then pre-term delivery i

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