Pregnancy complications such as preeclampsia and preterm birth often arise during the late stage of pregnancy. However, ...

During pregnancy, the placenta is the lifeline between mother and baby. It supplies the foetus with oxygen and nutrients, removes waste products and acts as a partial shield against harmful ...

The placenta has long been thought to produce serotonin during pregnancy. But in a new study, Yale researchers shatter the ...

Phthalates are part of a group of chemicals known as “endocrine-disruptors” — chemicals that can interfere with the normal ...

Maternal stress could leave epigenetic imprints on genes in the placenta associated with cortisol -- a necessary hormone for fetal development -- and this would affect the baby's development ...

Aged 20, she is pregnant for the third time. She feels fine now, she says, but in recent months—during a prolonged heatwave ...

For women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), pregnancy can be an uncertain time due to limited clinical data about how IBD medications impact pregnancy outcomes and infants who have been exposed ...

Comedian Katherine Ryan has revealed she “harvested” stem cells from her placenta immediately after giving birth to inject ...