Infertility treatment found to double the risk of postpartum heart disease

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Internal Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1111/joim.13773 A study by Rutgers Health experts of more than 31 million hospital records shows that infertility treatment patients were twice as likely as those who conceived naturally to be hospitalized with heart disease in the year after delivery. The work is published in the Journal of Internal Medicine. Patients who underwent infertility were particularly likely—2.16 times as likely as those who conceived naturally—to undergo hospitalization for dangerously high blood pressure or hypertension. “Postpartum checkups are necessary for all patients, but Read More