Medical English 1, Assignment 1 (2de jaar) Health Care Management

English I
2021-2022




ENGLISH TERMINOLOGY
CONVERSATION TEST




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Ina De Prins – 2HCM

, English I
2021-2022



VITAMIN D MAY PROTECT UNBORN BABIES
FROM CHILDHOOD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
FROM: Tracey Romero (2020) ‘Vitamin D may protect unborn babies from childhood high
blood pressure’, Philly voice from URL
https://www.phillyvoice.com/staff-contributors/tracey-romero/




Children born with the low vitamin D levels are more likely to have high blood
pressure if their mothers had preeclampsia, a Johns Hopkins University study
finds.

October 8, 2020

Children born to women with preeclampsia – high blood pressure during
pregnancy – have a greater risk of developing high blood pressure. But prenatal
exposure to vitamin D may help reduce that risk. Children born with relatively
high levels of vitamin D were less likely to have high blood pressure even if
their mother had preeclampsia, according to a new study.


Researchers from Johns Hopkins University found that higher levels of vitamin
D may have a protective effect. This is an important finding, because high blood
pressure in childhood often leads to hypertension and heart disease in
adulthood, they said. Vitamin D deficiency also is a risk factor for developing
hypertension as an adult.



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Ina De Prins – 2HCM