Aspirin aids baby risk

ASPIRIN and early detection are helping to save the lives of women and babies at risk of dying from pre-eclampsia. Researchers at The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne discovered that lowdose aspirin inhibits the abnormal production of two particular proteins associated with the condition.

Doctors at the hospital recommend women at high risk of the condition to start taking aspirin early in their pregnancy. Pre-eclampsia affects one-in-20 pregnancies and often has no symptoms.