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A meta-analysis shows that the lateral placental position is independently linked to increased odds of preterm birth, small ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the deep-rooted hypothesis—and show that the placenta doesn't produce serotonin ...

Expectant mothers should be told that the risk of placenta complications rises after a caesarean or fertility treatment, according to top doctors. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ...

Placental insufficiency is a serious condition that happens when the placenta doesn’t work as well as it should. The placenta is an organ that forms in your uterus when you’re pregnant. It carries ...

Interviewer: Eating the placenta, should you or should you not? That's what we will be discussing next on The Scope Announcer: Medical news and research from University of Utah physicians, and ...

Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might. While some mammals may eat their own placentas due to limited ...

You’ve probably heard at some point about placentophagy, an occasional postpartum practice involving eating the placenta, i.e. the organ that helps provide oxygen and nutrients to a baby during ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Moments after our youngest daughter’s planned home birth, our midwife Madou directed my attention to the ...

While placenta eating is controversial among doctors, stars have encapsulated, blended and cooked their placentas for the rumored benefits. (Photos may not be for the squeamish!) Christina Butan is ...

She’s the latest star to spill about chowing down on some form of her placenta after giving birth. The placenta is an organ that "looks like a piece of brisket," says Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., clinical ...