Researchers found that placentas in stillbirth cases show signs of accelerated biological aging driven by circular RNAs.

Flinders University researchers have uncovered a biological process that could explain some stillbirths and pave the way for ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. In almost all mammals, the placenta—the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the ...

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When Khloe Kardashian was pregnant with daughter, True, she revealed on "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" she’d follow the lead of sister Kim and eat her placenta. While this sounds stomach-churning ...

Many people asked if I’d eat my placenta after giving birth, so here’s my answer! In this video, I talk about the common myths, what animals do, what science says, and why I’m choosing not to eat mine ...

Kim Kardashian shared on her blog post on Monday, Dec. 14, that she is eating her placenta after giving birth to her second child, Saint West. “So, I’m really not this holistic person or someone who ...

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!) "Round 2," Moore ...

Gestational diabetes can cause a multitude of complications in the offspring, but to date, the reasons are incompletely ...

A recent case study published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted that capsules of dehydrated placenta prepared for human consumption can be a source of infectious agents. Credit ...

“It didn’t hit me that this could potentially be problematic,” Courtney Nowak, of Staten Island, NY remembers thinking. She had just had a routine sonogram at 13 weeks and her doctor had drawn her a ...

When you're pregnant, any amount of vaginal bleeding is cause for concern. If the bleeding occurs during the second trimester, your doctor will perform an ultrasound to see if you have a condition ...