Kristie McNealy, MD

Prematurity impacts 1 in 8 babies born in the US – that’s a preemie every minute!  So, for today’s installment of Blogging for Prematurity Awareness Month, I’m going to share some healthy choices you can make to help reduce your risk of having a preemie before you even become pregnant.   While there is nothing [...]

One goal of Blogging for Prematurity Awareness is to educate and empower moms-to-be about the risks of preterm labor and the impacts of prematurity so they can be better advocates for themselves and their baby. With nearly half a million babies being born prematurely in the United States each year, 1 in 8 pregnancies [...]

According to new research published in Nature Medicine, preeclampsia may be an autoimmune condition. Investigators were able to induce the symptoms of preeclampsia in mice by injecting them with autoantibodies obtained from women with preeclampsia. The most exciting thing about this research is that symptoms were prevented when