Curious about things you can do with your placenta after birth? Placentas are routinely disposed of by U.S. hospitals—and that's a totally reasonable option! However, nowadays some parents are keeping ...

In many cultures, the placenta is more than tissue left over after birth. It may be understood as spiritually linked to the baby, treated as a companion or sibling, and buried to protect the child or ...

Debate ignites as midwife Ruth Sally Kodam and specialist Mary Nitsi Lemon discuss the health benefits and cultural ...

In an opinion article published September 18 in Trends in Molecular Medicine, physician-scientists argue that with most placentas discarded after birth, placental pathology is underutilized clinically ...

The placenta has special cultural significance in many human societies, but it is rarely eaten after birth. In a 1945 review based on the Cross-Cultural Survey at Yale University, American ...