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The placenta, amniotic membranes and umbilical cord helps in a many medical procedures, including surgeries and treatment of ...

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 ...

Scientists have used a spectroscopy technique to identify and characterize microplastics in the human placenta. The study published in the journal Science of The Total Environment provides a detailed ...

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The placenta never fails to amaze. The conventions that we take for granted as required for the normal formation and function of other organs are often flouted by placental trophoblasts, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some new parents are opting for lotus births, where the placenta and umbilical cord are left until they fall off naturally — but is it safe? Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, ...

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.

Laura's babies were delivered prematurely when her placenta ruptured and she lost 10 pints of blood.

A mother-of-one has joined thousands of women around the world where, instead of disposing of her placenta after giving birth, she has made use of it elsewhere. Tess Crosley, from Australia, has ...