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Pregnenolone Production in the Early Trophoblast
A new study published in the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics links the early placenta to pregnenolone production. Research was completed by authors from the New York University School of...
View ArticleTreatment of Acute Respiratory Infections During Pregnancy Important
Researchers from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania recently published a study in Romanian Journal of Morphology and Embryology showing a connection between acute respiratory infection...
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Placental Blood Flow and T2 Relaxation Times
In the April 2013 edition of Placenta, researchers from King’s College Hospital in London report a connection between placental T2 relaxation times in the second trimester and risk of giving birth to a...
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Placenta May Hold Key to Early Autism Diagnosis
Neurological development during the gestational period is critical in terms of infant health and long-term health throughout life. Researchers recently published a study that could hold the key to...
View ArticleCan Placental Cells Give Infants Added Protection from Viruses?
Its long been known that breastfeeding passes valuable protection from the mother to her child, but there are other unique cells that prevent passing harmful viruses from the mother to her unborn...
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Educating About Placental Complications Using the Web
The internet offers an instant source of medical information that could prove beneficial for women at high risk of placental complications in pregnancy. Researchers from Toronto recently completed a...
View ArticleHormones Impact Stress, Memories, Understanding Social Cues
New research shows an unexpected link between sex hormones and cognitive function, such as memory and interpreting social cues, in females. Study results, presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual...
View ArticleMothers May Pass Stress to Offspring Through Placenta and Vaginal Bacteria
Mothers may pass stress onto their babies two different ways, according to new studies. Findings presented by University of Pennsylvania researchers at the 2013 meeting of the Society for Neuroscience...
View ArticleEating the Placenta - Placentophagia
The placenta is a fetal organ consisting of an umbilical cord, membranes (chorion and amnion), and placental body. The placenta is a unique pregnancy organ which functions to sustain nutrition for the...
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Researchers Discover New Cells Key to Placenta Development, Come Closer to...
Scientists are a step closer to understanding how a healthy placenta develops and why some pregnancy complications occur. The most common complications associated with the placenta are failure of the...
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Drinking Even Before Awareness of Pregnancy Harms Placental Health
Drinking is on the rise in the United Kingdom (UK) among women of reproductive age, according to a recent study. About half the women in UK of reproductive age claim to drink during the week and...
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Triclosan in Antibacterial Personal Care Products Promotes Nasal Staph...
Triclosan is a synthetic compound used in many personal care products labeled as antibacterial. It's been in use for more than 40 years so many people, including product safety regulators, consider it...
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New Understanding of Preeclampsia May Lead to Future Drug Therapies
Preeclampsia “has puzzled scientists for years,” according to the lead research scientist who recently presented the findings of his study on the molecular signals that occur in human placentas. His...
View ArticlePremature Births Linked to Stress-Related Premature Aging of Placenta
Every year around the world, approximately 15 million babies are born before reaching full term. Many babies survive premature birth but others struggle mightily. Premature births are the subject of...
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Placentophagy or Placentophagia and Placental Encapsulation
WHAT IS PLACENTAL CONSUMPTION EATING AND ENCAPSULATION AND HOW COMMON IS IT?The existing data on postpartum placental consumption is anecdotal and there are few if any scientific data on this subject....
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Study Finds Placenta Eating Trendy But Without Health Benefits
January Jones and Alicia Silverstone did it. So did Mayim Bialik, Holly Madison, Tamera and Tia Mowry, and perhaps a Kardashian or two. But just because a handful of celebrities do something, does that...
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Placenta Works Like Embryonic Oxygen Tank
Large Image: By Sandy HemphillDuring pregnancy, oxygen is as important to a growing fetus as it will be once the child is born and breathing fresh air. Oxygen from the mother’s bloodstream is...
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New Studies Confirm Importance of Placenta to Pregnancy Health and Monitoring
Large Image: By Sandy Hemphill, Contributing Writer, BabyMedThe placenta is one of the most mystifying organs in the human body. It is the only organ that can be grown in an adult body and every...
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10 Things Nobody Told You About the First Trimester
By Sandy Hemphill, Contributing Writer, BabyMedIt’s really happening!! You’ve gone from suspicious and hopeful to true and confirmed pregnant and life will never be the same. So many things are...
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Breakthrough: Cancer-Inspired Placenta Treatment Could Make Babies Healthier
By Sandy Hemphill, Contributing Writer, BabyMed Some complications of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia, begin in the placenta. In such cases, even though the source of the problem is known, treatment...
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