KANSAS CITY, Kan. (CN) - A nursing student says Johnson County Community College kicked her out of its nursing program for posting a picture of herself posing with a placenta on Facebook. She says her ...

The practice of women eating their placentas after giving birth is known as placentophagia. It’s often practiced in home births and alternative health communities. Interest in placentophagia has ...

You’ve probably heard at some point about placentophagy, an occasional postpartum practice involving eating the placenta, i.e. the organ that helps provide oxygen and nutrients to a baby during ...

Risk of placenta accreta rises in women with multiple C-sections. Barbara George, who nearly died of placenta accrete with the birth of her daughter Hannah, is outraged over the rising cesarean rate.

The endocrine system comprises glands and tissues that produce and secrete hormones to regulate and coordinate vital functions of the human body. This article â the seventh in an eight-part series on ...

The placenta never fails to amaze. The conventions that we take for granted as required for the normal formation and function of other organs are often flouted by placental trophoblasts, the ...

Placenta healing products haven't been approved by the FDA, but are they safe? The Placenta Donation Center's website homepage is seen here. Sept. 20, 2013— -- A Georgia company is under fire ...

During pregnancy, the placenta secretes hormones that increase insulin resistance, which may cause gestational diabetes (GD). Left untreated, diabetes can damage the placenta. GD begins in the ...