Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

The Cleveland Clinic describes the vital role of a healthy placenta. It's a temporary organ that forms in the uterus, or womb ...

The addition of Marion General means the Lifeline of Ohio Placenta Donation Program will be available at all OhioHealth ...

Rice University scientists and collaborators at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have demonstrated a new method for detecting ...

A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a study published today, Feb. 12, in ...

We're going to do some myth busting on top misconceptions or confusions that prevent some expectant moms from donating the ...

Through the collaborative research efforts as part of the Superfund Research Program (SRP), scientists from Rice University and Baylor College of ...

By not consistently identifying the fetus (with its cord, placenta and membranes) as an individual entity to assign codes to, there are many missing codes e.g. for the many significant placental ...

BACKGROUND: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality and are associated with acute cardiac events in the peripartum period, as well as ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...

In pregnancy, hematuria may be caused by infection, nephrolithiasis, trauma and placenta percreta with bladder invasion. The presence of nitrites and/or leukocyte esterase in urine has good ...