(Tatiana Maksimova/Moment/Getty Images) The sticky proteins amyloid-beta and tau are hallmark features of Alzheimer's disease ...

How does autism develop? While genetics play a major role, researchers know that environmental factors during pregnancy also ...

A new study finds maternal inflammation damages placental spongiotrophoblasts, driving male-specific autism risk before brain ...

A new report in Nature Communications shows that inflammatory aging of the placenta in women of older gestational age ...

A single inflamed day of pregnancy damaged the placenta in male mouse fetuses alone, and the researchers tie that to autism risk in boys.

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Placenta-kine is a research term used to describe approximately 60 types of proteins expected to be involved in cellular ...

"Placenta is good for the liver," "I heard it improves liver function test results." Have you ever seen claims like this on social media or in reviews?In fact, placenta preparations are approved drugs ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the deep-rooted hypothesis—and show that the placenta doesn't produce serotonin ...

When twins share one placenta, the pregnancy is called monochorionic twins. The babies may have separate amniotic sacs or, more rarely, share the same sac. Because blood vessels can connect the babies ...

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 ...

What could possibly go wrong? After all, Kim Kardashian, Alicia Silverstone and January Jones have done it. Well, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) just reported a new possible risk ...