More and more number of women are embracing motherhood after 40. Are there risks involved? A gynecologist sheds light on important factors that every woman should know about.

Instead of remaining inside the uterus, the tiny fetal tissue is gradually absorbed by the mother's body, the placenta, or sometimes by the surviving twin.

Most people talk about diet and lifestyle of the mother when it comes to pregnancy and a baby's health. But new studies are indicating that paternal nutrition and health during the very beginning of ...

Lockheed Martin encountered development problems with its latest F-16 configuration, denting earnings along with issues on the C-130J Hercules. On the F-16 configuration for Taiwan and Morocco, “we ...

Black and African American women in the United States experience disproportionately high rates of maternal and infant mortality and morbidity, including placenta-mediated complications such as ...

Leaders often fall into the ‘fixer trap,’ solving problems instead of developing their teams. This piece shows how stepping back builds independent thinkers, strengthens trust and scales leadership ...

A new peer-reviewed study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, supported by the National Institutes of Health and published today in Science Translational Medicine, has uncovered a critical ...

The placenta plays a central role in fetal development by regulating nutrient transfer, hormonal signaling, and immune interactions, thereby shaping lifelong health outcomes. Evidence from ...

The development of placental organoids represents a significant breakthrough in reproductive biology, offering an advanced platform for studying human placental development and function. Unlike ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked to placenta development and pre-eclampsia, a life-threatening pregnancy ...

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 substances ...