A group of doctors is warning against a growing trend among celebrities and some new parents that sees moms consume the placenta after birth in an effort to stave off postpartum symptoms. The warning ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — Doulas provide spiritual, emotional and physical support to expectant mothers and their families. Doulas help with things like breastfeeding, during the loss of a child and ...

Eating the placenta after giving birth is an unexpected trend that has surfaced among mothers in recent years. Experts have now cautioned against ingesting popular placenta tablets, stating that while ...

Taking dried human placenta in the form of a capsule is one of the more divided health trends to sweep China. While practitioners swear by the benefits, others view it as a controversial and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The growing phenomenon of mothers eating ...

Vick Hope and Calvin Harris recently announced they’d welcomed a baby boy into the world in a series of Instagram posts. The posts showed photos of Harris and the baby, named Micah, and photos of Hope ...

In almost all mammals, the placenta — the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the baby and remove waste products — is eaten by the mother immediately after giving birth ...

A groundbreaking study by UNLV researchers shows that taking placenta capsules has little to no effect on postpartum mood, maternal bonding, or fatigue, when compared to a placebo. Consuming the ...

A recent case study published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highlighted that capsules of dehydrated placenta prepared for human consumption can be a source of infectious agents. Credit ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. In almost all mammals, the placenta—the organ that develops in pregnancy to provide oxygen and nutrients to the ...

The practice of eating the placenta has been growing in popularity in the U.S., Canada and Europe Some women who eat their placenta say it improves mood and energy but few studies have looked ...

The baby was born healthy and without complication in September, but then its health began to deteriorate rapidly. Doctors — scrambling to uncover the cause of the infant’s respiratory distress — ...