While your baby grows and matures over nine months of pregnancy, there’s something else growing in your uterus — and it’s responsible for keeping your baby alive. You’ve likely already heard of the ...

You may be confused if you have been diagnosed with placenta previa. The worry is natural and may even increase when you hear that it affects your baby's oxygen supply. Although it may all sound bad, ...

Can the placenta predict lifelong health? Research shows that placental function may influence future disease risk.

Modern medicine has begun to recognize that the placenta can have significant medical and scientific value even after childbirth.

Scientists thought that the placenta just passed nutrients from mother to fetus and was good for little else, other than horrifying the internet when crafted into a stuffed animal. But now researchers ...