A Wayne State University study published in the Oct. 3, 2025, issue of Nature Communications revealed that Zika virus exposure during pregnancy causes long-term, sex-specific changes to a baby's ...

Yes, new moms have found more than one way to eat placenta. Hilary Duff created quite the stir when she revealed that she drank her placenta in a smoothie after giving birth to her daughter in late ...

I had not given much thought to placentas until the one inside me refused to come out. I’d never thought of the placenta as an object that had agency, let alone its own personality. But there I was, ...

Even brief exposure to air pollution may alter the structure of the placenta and push the organ into an inflammatory state, recent laboratory research finds. Scientists already knew that particles ...

In 2017, Ashley Moffett, a reproductive immunologist, walked to the pharmacy near her laboratory at the University of ...

Fruit of the Womb turns a woman's placenta into pill form. August 5, 2011— -- Mother-of-three Tamara Guida believes that women should eat their own placenta because the nutrient-packed organ that ...

Don't eat it, just take a picture. Photographing babies with their placenta still attached is a growing trend among new moms. Little Earthling Photography — -- Birth photographers see it all: ...

This post-birth brew is something to coo about. A new mom says placenta smoothies have helped her bounce back after having a baby — and they’re so delicious she’s even whipped some up for her fiancé.

Placenta previa is when a pregnant person's placenta blocks the opening to the cervix that allows the baby to be born. It can cause severe bleeding during pregnancy and delivery. Mothers with placenta ...

Each year in Minnesota, 400 babies are stillborn. Many mothers and families could be spared this heartbreak if medicine ...