Maternal Hypertension Increases Risk for Birth Defects

Guess who is more likely to get maternal high blood pressure - a bronto sapien or an intended-size human?

Pregnant women with treated or untreated hypertension are at higher risk of carrying fetuses with congenital anomalies than are normotensive women. The finding points to elevated blood pressure as the teratogen, rather than the drugs used to treat it, according to a report published online October 18 in the British Medical Journal.

Answer: the fatso.

More early nutritional child abuse.