We put a lot of trust in the people who take care of our children. And babysitters and professional nannies get a better ...

Stalled plastic treaty talks risk a global health crisis fueled by microplastics and toxic emissions worldwide.

Studies are inconclusive about the association between marijuana use and miscarriage, but it is clear regular or heavy use ...

While most people transform their placenta into pill-form, there are many ways to use your placenta after giving birth, including turning it into a salve or making jewelry from it. Chrissy Teigen even ...

Retention of fetal membranes, or retained placenta, in cows usually is defined as failure to expel fetal membranes within 24 ...

Understanding the stages is critical in order to know when/if producers need to provide assistance during calving season to ...

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of ...

Tiny plastic particles have been found throughout the human body, but researchers say they’re just starting to understand the ...

Zika virus, infamous for causing microcephaly, manipulates a host protein called ANKLE2 to assist its replication, which also ...

Research highlights the rising impact of synthetic chemicals on children's health, linking them to noncommunicable diseases ...

Zika virus is unusual in that it can cross the placenta and enter the fetus, where ANKLE2 is known to play a big role in brain development.

If the development of blood vessels in the placenta is impaired, fetal growth retardation may result. Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of ...