Person wearing gloves holding a placenta with a visible umbilical cord ... long blood clot next to a blue ruler for size comparison over a diagram of blood vessels 20.And this is how small one ...

Connected to the developing baby by the umbilical cord, the placenta provides essential oxygen and nutrients until the baby is born. Complications with the placenta can happen during pregnancy ...

A new study has found that exposure to second-hand smoke during pregnancy and actually smoking increase the risk of placental abruption, a complication that can be fatal to both parent and baby ...

Until now, how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which nurtures the developing fetus and forms a strong barrier against microbes and chemicals that could harm the fetus, has not been clear.

Imagine being able to generate and customize diagrams, like pie charts, with just a few simple prompts—no extra software, no steep learning curve. This new feature, still in its beta phase ...

Paul Laskey's eye has been saved with the help of a donated placenta A donated placenta has been used to help save a man's eye after an acid attack. Acid was squirted into Paul Laskey's face ...

What is placenta accreta? It's a rare condition that affects around 0.2% of pregnancies. Normally, your placenta forms an attachment to the uterine lining, called the endometrium. But if you have ...

After he was squirted in the eye with battery acid, Paul Laskey thought he would lose his eye entirely, until a donated placenta helped save some of his sight. Paul, 43, was attacked after he ...

A donated placenta has been used to help save a man's eye after an acid attack. Acid was squirted into Paul Laskey's face causing severe chemical burns to his eye, "melting" both the inner and ...

Have you been paying attention to current events recently? See how many of these 10 questions you can get right. Compiled by Jeremy Engle How do these journalists craft arguments to compel ...