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Into her pregnancy. >> i found out about my high blood pressure at a doctor's visit. he sent me straight to the hospital. there was no waiting. >> she was put on bed rest and closely monitored. preeclampsia. life threatening for the mother and baby. when the woman's blood pressure is abnormally high. it can mean organ failure, seizure, preterm delivery, even death. you may remember it as the subject of tragedy in "downton abbey." >> but still day, preeclampsia affects 160,000 deliveries every year in the u.s. recommendation for women at risk, a simple low dose aspirin daily can help. we don't ...

Have them, when they are trying to go to work, trying to go to school, take care of themselves. that's when they tend to get struck the most. >> in severe cases, your point, people can't work. they can't function. they are rendered helpless. >> in fact, part of the diagnostic criteria implies that the patient needs to retire to a dark quiet room. and if not treated properly, they need bed rest. >> the green light has been given to this device. a small study, sample of people, have used this. nevertheless, when you have that kind of crippling pain, news like this certainly gets your attention. ...

His mother says that at dinner one day earlier, he said the grace, giving thanks to god for his friends and family. a day later, he was dead. jordan was like most teenagers. he liked football and basketball. he was a high school senior, and he talked about maybe joining the military after graduation. his mother says she was put on bed rest for eight months so she could give birth to a healthy baby. later she faced breast cancer down twice, never thinking she'd outlive her son. >> i was telling my husband every time we go by the funeral home that i wanted to be buried in, i'd say, you know, whe...

Brain-dead corpses and they stopped all medical treatment. the same should apply in this young woman's case. she's brain-dead. stop all the treatment. allow her family to bury her with grace and dignity. >> dr. masterson? >> but not if it's actually keeping a fetus alive. i have seen mothers go to all kinds of extremes, like if the baby had a -- if they ruptured their bag of water at 24 weeks and their baby had very little chance of staying alive and they stayed on bed rest for all that time. is that a corpse? a mother on bed rest? she is still doing something physiologically to try and -- >> ...

Determined brain-dead, the hospital said we don't treat brain-dead corpses and stopped all medical treatment, so the same should apply in this young woman's case. she she's brain-dead. stop the treatment, allow her family to bury her with grace and dignity. >> dr. masterson? >> but not if it's actually keeping a fetus alive. i've seen mothers go to all kinds of extremes. like if they ruptured their bag of water 24 weeks and their baby had very little chance of staying alive and they stayed on bed rest for all that time. is that a corpse, a mother on bed rest? she is still doing something -- >>...