Types of curiosity . . . and other stories
BMJ 2024; 387 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2510 (Published 21 November 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;387:q2510
Adverse pregnancy outcomes in women with epilepsy
A large multinational study in the Nordic countries which compared pregnancy outcomes of women with epilepsy with those of women without epilepsy finds that the risk of a range of serious complications including pre-eclampsia, embolism, disseminated intravascular coagulation, cerebrovascular events, and mental health conditions is substantially raised (JAMA Neurol doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2024.2375). Women with epilepsy also had a higher risk of death in childbirth than women without epilepsy.
Hearing loss and incident Parkinson’s disease
Earlier this year, Minerva noted a study from the US showing that mortality in people with hearing loss was raised but mitigated by wearing hearing aids (Lancet Healthy Longev doi:10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00232-5). Electronic health records of more than three million US veterans …
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