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 ...

The National Institutes of Health has announced $46 million in research awards for the Human Placenta Project, an initiative to revolutionize understanding of the placenta. The awards will fund ...

Placenta previa occurs when the placenta settles unusually low in the uterus and lies near or directly over the cervix. Since the cervix is the pathway your baby uses during labour, a low placenta ...

Eating a placenta may not give you the health benefits some people want you to believe it has, but using it as a bandage might. While some mammals may eat their own placentas due to limited ...