Calcium supplementation for prevention of pre-eclampsia

In The Lancet, G Justus Hofmeyr and colleagues report the findings of a multicentre, double-blind, randomised trial evaluating the effect of prepregnancy and early pregnancy calcium supplementation (500 mg orally once a day) versus placebo in populations likely to be calcium deficient from South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Argentina. 1 Hofmeyr GJ Betrán AP Singata-Madliki M et al. Prepregnancy and early pregnancy calcium supplementation among women at...