A simple ,
inexpensive therapy useing hydrated magnesium sulfate..
( Epsom salts ) can halve the chances of women developing a
potential fatal complication of pregancy, explains The Times of London.

Eclampsia,
a dangerous form of high blood pressure that causes convulsions,
annually kills over 50,000 women and their unborn children worldwide..
Although a drip or injections containing magnesium sulfate have been
used for years in the United States to treat preeclampsia,
which can develop into eclampsia if untreated,
the therapy has not caught on in most other countries..

Hence,
an international team of doctors at the Institute for Health Sciences
in Oxford, England , " decided to test the benefits of the salts by
conducting a trail on 10,000 women in 33 countries '
says The Times.
" After three years the .... trial was stopped early when it became
apparent how effective the treatment was:
useing magnesium sulphate on women with preclampsia..
reduced their risk of haveing a fit by 58 per cent..
It reduced their risk of dying by 45 per cent.

" The treatment " costs only [ $4.50] per women ,
makeing it......
accessible to women in developing countries..