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To help prevent preeclampsia and preterm birth-;common complications in pregnancy that can be fatal to women and newborns-;low-dose calcium supplementation (equivalent to one 500-milligram pill per day) may be as effective as the World Health Organization (WHO)'s recommended high-dose calcium supplementation (equivalent to three 500-milligram pills taken throughout each day), according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and collaborators in India and Tanzania.

The calcium dose tested in India and Tanzania was one third of what is now recommended by the World Health Organization yet just as effective.

World Health Organization recommended calcium supplementation may help prevent preeclampsia and preterm birth

Lower than the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended calcium supplementation (equivalent to one 500-milligram pill per day) may help prevent preeclampsia and preterm birth -- common complications in pregnancy that can be fatal to women ...