Women who have had problems with the placenta during pregnancy are at an increasing risk of early heart disease, according to a study, reports BBC online. Placenta is a tube through which the ...

It may not be the most popular practice, but more new mothers are choosing to consume their placenta after the birth of a child. The problem is, some of those moms are running into issues when it ...

If you're pregnant, you might wonder what the placenta does and what factors can affect it. Get the facts about this important organ that joins the mother and baby. What does the placenta do? The ...

Changes occur in the placenta in older pregnant mothers leading to a greater likelihood of poor health in their male offspring, a study in rats has shown. Both male and female fetuses do not grow as ...

Weeks 28 through 40 bring the arrival of the third trimester. This exciting time is definitely the home stretch for expectant mothers, but it’s also a time when complications can occur. Just as the ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 10,000 long-lasting chemical compounds that stay in the ...

Study says pregnant women with antibodies that can indicate early thyroid disease are three times as likely to have placental separation during labor Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have ...

About 60 to 70 percent of a person’s risk for schizophrenia depends on their genes. Most of us have some of the schizophrenia-associated genetic variants—single-letter changes in the DNA of genes ...

I had several complications during the birth of my daughter in London. When my waters broke there was micodium in my waters, so I was induced. After the birth my placenta would not detach so I had to ...